Swimming Olympic Trials Preview

Starting tonight and running a week, swimming returns to the national spotlight for the Olympic Trials.  For those unfamiliar with the process, the top two swimmers from each event make the Olympic team.  Get third by a hundredth of a second and you’re waiting four years for another shot.  While the Trials are just a precursor to the games themselves, they should be action packed and full of drama nonetheless, as the Olympic team is formed.  Here are some storylines to watch throughout the week:

A match made in heaven: The U.S. Open and Father's Day

Trying to thank fathers (and mothers) for everything they do is supremely silly and impossible, especially in one day.  The only way to repay them is to try to make grandkids for them that aren’t really annoying.  But just because you can’t fully repay them with a handwritten card or a burned cd (or nicer, more legitimate presents), doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy a day together.  This Father’s Day, my dad and I ate at a soon-to-be closing restaurant that we used to visit weekly.  The Armands’ pizza buffet was delicious as usual, but the fuzzy memories of eating with my dad aren’t as temporary and I will enjoy them long after Armands closes and I forget what their deep-dish pies taste like.

That's a clown question bro

When Bryce Harper was asked if he was going to celebrate the Nationals' victory and his monster dong of a home run with a Canadian beer he gave the soundbyte of the year.

Is #thatsaclownquestionbro trending on twitter now?   C'mon, that's a clown question bro.

Euro 2012 Preview

What are those things?

It's been a busy two weeks in Russia, and my time here is really beginning to fly by.  But before I talk about Russia, I figured I would do a quick prediction of Euro 2012 group winners.  There are only four groups with four teams each, and of course there is a Group of Death that will provide us with the greatest games early on.  As always, I've done exhaustive research on each squad and how they qualified.  Hopefully I can do better than my Champions League predictions, which weren't exactly spot-on.