• Olympic Men’s Swimming: On the way to the Olympics Water Cube, where he’d break his own world record in the 200m individual medley to win his 6th Gold medal as well as qualify for the 100m butterfly, Michael Phelps thwarted a terrorist plot to blow up the Bird’s Nest and found the cure that will bring Bigfoot back from the dead. What can we say—the guy’s a national hero. [Guardian UK]
• MLB: Trying not to be a complete buzzkill, Manny Ramirez kept harmony in the Dodger clubhouse alive yesterday by cutting his dreadlocks… about an inch. Well, whatever works as the Blue Crew swept the Phillies for the first time in 46 years. Los Angeles 3, Philadelphia 1. [Yahoo Sports]
• NFL Preseason: It’s August football in Canada, but no one scored a rouge… that’s because it’s the NFL that hit Toronto, and not the CFL. The Buffalo Bills never fell behind against the Pittsburgh Steelers during their first of eight games being played this season at the Rogers Centre. The Steelers must’ve been drinking some of that 7.1% Labatt’s Blue the night before. That stuff’ll give a bull a hangover. Buffalo 24, Pittsburgh 21 [UPI]

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