“Olympics” on The Daily Caller

Robert Michael O’Ryan, a Florida man convicted of stalking Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shawn Johnson — and found to be insane at the time of the crime — was sentenced Tuesday to a state mental hospital in California, RadarOnline.com has learned. (more)

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Sometime in the next few weeks, California may legalize same-sex marriage. Again. (more)

Imagine a carnival crossed with a peculiar kind of Olympics. This is Naadam. People dress up in their finest deel, the traditional long colourful silken robe, the men adding the local touch of a cowboy hat and boots. The younger women put on perilously high stilettos, even though they may well end up on the back of a horse or walking in the mud. (more)

Good evening, from the Oval Office. (more)

“The players can have sex with their wives and girlfriends during the World Cup. Players are not Martians. But it should not be at 2 a.m. with champagne and Havana cigars.” (more)

Did you know that there’s a Cocktail World Cup? Because there is. And Team USA won first place this year. (more)

Today’s release of Wenlock and Mandeville, the latest additions to the Olympic mascot family, caused many to do a double take. (more)

In America, there’s supposed to be a stark separation between sports and real life. Sporting events are designed to be forms of escapist entertainment, much-needed opportunities for Americans to forget about things like budget deficits and political candidates and focus instead on their hometown team. (more)

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — They only recently got a grass practice field. They’ve come under attack on their Facebook page, and some fear telling their relatives that during their spare time they play soccer. (more)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Ten years after its gymnastics team won an Olympic bronze medal in Sydney, China was ordered to give it back for using an underage girl, allowing the United States to claim it instead. (more)

A 10-YEAR fall in the percentage of migrants settling in NSW and the lowest rate of economic growth of all mainland states has Melbourne on track to overtake Sydney as Australia’s biggest city, a report predicts. (more)

The 89-year-old was admitted to the Quiron Hospital in Barcelona where he was being treated for heart problems. (more)

Gravitational force overpowered out-of-control Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili and left him unable to avoid the crash that claimed his life hours before the opening ceremony at the Vancouver Olympics, the International Luge Federation concluded in a report Monday. (more)

In the old Soviet Union it was not uncommon for opponents of the state to be branded as mentally ill and to be carted off to the gulag for some badly needed “therapy.” Today in the tense climate of American politics there is a milder, yet troubling reliance on the part of left and right to play the “crazy card.” You’ve heard them all. “Right-wing nut,” “Nutroots,” “Bush Derangement Syndrome,” “Cable Network MSLSD,” “Republi-tard,” “Dim-ocrat.” It goes on and on. Even among academic sophisticates, there is a similar game. It involves the typically flawed “scientific” study that finds one side of the political spectrum—always the opposite side from where the researcher stands—to be of lower I.Q., lacking in brainpower, and achievement. Mentally deficient. Pinhead. Whacko. Dolt. Retard. (more)

Scottie Pippen considers himself a double winner. He’ll enter basketball’s Hall of Fame as an individual and a member of the Dream Team on the same day. (more)

LOS ANGELES — Lindsey Vonn is going from Olympic gold medalist to “Law & Order” TV actress. (more)

UPDATE: Johnny Weir responds to ‘Stars on Ice’ tour snub: ‘It’s disappointing I can’t perform for my fans’ (more)

In the Olympic medal count, Sweden does OK for a country of its small size. But in the days of old, it consistently ranked at the top. What accounts for the downtrend? A big factor must be taxes. (more)

Sexy Nina, a longtime Vancouver-area escort who owns a bawdy house near the city’s downtown, had been looking forward to an influx of foreign clients during February’s Olympic Games. (more)