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There was apparently not quite as much fun and games being played as expected by organizers at last year’s Beijing Olympics with news breaking that a stash of 5,000 leftover “Olympic condoms'’ will be placed up for auction.
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Olympic athlete Michael Phelps recently returned to his hometown of... Wait, did I say Olympic athlete? I mean the greatest Olympian of all time with 14 Gold medals and...
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Argentina’s Lionel Messi walks by Chinese elite police soldiers on his way to a training session at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Shanghai, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008. Argentina will play Australia in a Group A first round men’s soccer match on Sunday.
