Subject: Olympic Games

• Think for Yourselves, Young Folks, so Long as You Think Like Me

  You know what's funny? We ask our young adults to throw themselves into the youth versions of established adult institutions—your governmental bodies, your newspapers, etc.—but when the kids dare express dissent or themselves in a way that rubs the ruling class the wrong way, the adult overlords crack down on the kids. Case in point: the Orange Coast College student government. For whatever reason, the student body officers decided they would no longer say the Pledge of Allegiance be

  December 4, 2006

• Fight Club

  Our favorite OC boxer, Ronny Rios, came home this week after a decisive and controversial loss at the Olympic trials in Houston. The potent, artful boxer says he's ready to refocus, turning his sights to his pro career and to finishing out his senior year in high school. "It's time to move on," he says. Ronny created such a stir this year when he nabbed both the prestigious National Golden Gloves and U.S. Championships title belts, and then headed to the Olympic team trials, that the Santa An

  August 31, 2007

• Thanks Coca-Cola... I Guess.

  Sending over a giant box filled with Coke bottles, the Coca-Cola giants' latest little project includes bringing together Eastern graphic designers from China (I can only assume Coke is going to be a huge sponsor for the ‘08 Olympics), and West-side-of-the hemisphere musicians— mostly DJs like Kaskade and Benny Benassi. The point? “To interpret the ideas and passions that connect us— by sharing and expressing one of eight themes: Happiness, Active Optimism, Human Collaboration, Peace

  June 4, 2008

• To Do Tonight 8/11

  PAPER PLANES; GREATER CALIFORNIA, 10 p.m. Fly like paper get high like planes. The Prospector 2400 E. Seventh St. Long Beach CA 90804 562-438-3839 U.S. OLYMPICS SPLASH BASH PARTY, 9 p.m. Peep this: the Beijing Olympics onto a big-screen, athlete appearances, a live DJ, food, open pool, interactive crowd games and prize giveaways for all attendees! William Woollett Aquatic Center 4601 Walnut Ave. Irvine CA 92604 KARAOKE MADNESS, 9 p.m. Join the insanity. Hogue Barmichael's 3950 Campus Dr. Newp

  August 11, 2008

• To Do Tonight 10/13

  Myspace Music Presents Goldrush featuring: Santogold, Mates of State, Low vs. Diamond, Alice Smith, 8 p.m. Woot woot! $22.50-$25.50 House of Blues 1530 S. Disneyland Dr. Anaheim, CA 714-778-2583 Karaoke Madness, 9 p.m. O the madness! Hogue Barmichael's 3950 Campus Dr. Newport Beach, CA 949-261-6270 Drive for Special Olympics, 11 a.m. The fifth annual golf tournament and fundraiser, exclusively benefiting Special Olympics Orange County. Arroyo Trabuco Golf Course 26772 Avery Parkway Mission Vi

  October 13, 2008

• Go for the Gold

  July 4, 2002

• Faster, Higher, Fuller!

  August 26, 2004

• To Do This Weekend 1/30-2/1

  Film: Leopards of Zanzibar, Friday, 1:30 p.m.On the sunny island of Zanzibar, a place still tied to the past off Africa's eastern coast, young men discover that keeping pace with modern changes can help them reach their goal as they compete in a championship soccer match on the mainland.Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2002 N. Main St., Santa Ana, CA; 714-567-3600 Smucker's Stars on Ice, Saturday, 3 p.m.Headlined by Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen and World Champion and Olym

  January 30, 2009

• OC's Dark Political Lord Wants to Expand Influence Where?

  Michael J. Schroeder, one of California's most effectiveRepublican Party operatives, has been telling me for months that he's finally tiring of politics and is eager for a new challenge--something more enjoyable. What's been catching Schroeder's interest? Go ahead and guess.No. Killing liberals and moderates is illegal and, besides, he's been doing that figuratively in elections anyway.No. He's already polluting the environment daily by driving his massive black Hummer.Nein. The owner of a

  March 11, 2009

• Pole Dancers Are (Olympic?) Athletes, Too

  Kat Attack Collette Kakuk: Gold medal worthy?Here's one to wrap your legs around: Beach volleyball may no longer be the hottest summer Olympic sport to tune into in 2012 if a critical mass of pole dancers manages to convince the Olympic Committee that the athleticism in the activity is gold-medal competition-worthy, (once you get past the stiletto heels). We know: Pole fitness dancers are not stripping, they're exercising. And even though pole dancing is now regularly indulged in by cookie-bakin

  March 20, 2009

• Smuckers Stars on Ice

  January 29, 2009

• Rockin' Like a 6.0

  August 28, 2008

• Darkness and Light

  August 21, 2008

• [Game On] Gold Metal, Tarnished: French Laugh In the Face of Video Games As Sport

  August 7, 2008

• By the Board

  July 10, 2008

• Dragging On

  June 12, 2008

• Trial By Ire

  Boxer Ronny Rios and his coach say they wuz robbed at last weeks Olympic Trials

  August 30, 2007

• Trial by Ire

  Boxer Ronny Rios and his coach say they wuz robbed at last week’s Olympic Trials

  August 30, 2007

• Ronny

  Santa Ana teenager Ronny Rios has fought his way into contention for the U.S. Olympic boxing team. He didnt do it alone

  August 2, 2007

• Cocktails and Dreams

  July 22, 2004

• Mission Viejo

  October 20, 2005

• A Taste of Greece

  September 24, 2009

• What You Missed: Haute Dog Howl'oween, Senior Surf Comp, Halos 'n Horns, Rob Zombie, Tiger Army

  Keith MayRuh roh.​And just like that, the greatest holiday of the year is alllll over. So what'd you do? We had another action-packed weekend, of course, with our first stop at Long Beach's adorable annual tradition, the Haute Dog Howl'oween Parade and Pet Adoption Fair. Dogs? Way cuter than babies. See the proof here.After the jump, find photos of badass gramps(es?) competing in the 2009 Southland Senior Olympics Surfing Competition, a bunch of bands from Korn and Shiny Toy Guns to Girl Talk

  November 2, 2009