From Logan Square to Beijing thru Mexico

Here's the deal, as most of you know, the summer Olympic games will begin in Beijing this Friday (8/8). It's one of the biggest spectacles in not just sports, but in life. Millions of athletes have to try out, compete, and qualify just for the chance to participate in the games. To some, just being at the games is a dream come true, let alone winning a medal. Well there's one person I know who will be participating at the games, and the way he earn his chance is very unique. A couple of weeks ago, my brother, his girlfriend and I went to a new ice cream shop that opened up near my house called Heavenly. It's a nice and small cafe where they serve pretty good gelato and ice cream. While we were in there, we notice some newspaper clippings on the wall. That's when the women behind the counter told us that the story was about her son, who was going to the Olympics. His name, Lawrence "Larry" Langowski Mendoza.

A Home Run That Truly Touched Them All

Here's the deal, If you're one of the many people that check the Digg home page on a daily basis. Or if you've seen SportsCenter in the last couple of days. Most likely you've heard about this. It's a story about a college softball game between Western Oregon and Central Washington. It was the second game of a double header and it started just like any normal game. After Western Oregon's 8-1 win in the first game, Central Washington wanted to show they were better then that. So with the game still scoreless in the top of the second inning, and with two runners on, Sara Tucholsky came up to the plate. After taking the first pitch for a strike, she swings away on the next one and hitting it straight to center. As soon as she made contact, she knew it was going out. She had never hit a home run in her entire college career, and with her standing at only 5'2", no one ever expected her to do so. So you can understand her excitement when she forgets to touch first base. She immediately turned around to touch the bag, but something was wrong. While turning around to go for the bag, her knee gave out. She didn't know what was wrong, she just crawled to first base where she laid hugging the bag.

The New York Mets Got Rick Roll'd!

Here's the deal, there comes a time in every Internet user's life, where he sees a link to video that you just can't wait to see. It could be anything from a celebrity sex tape to a new game or movie trailer. You start to think that it's to good to be true, but you click on it anyways. As you sit there waiting for the video to load, you try to imagine what it's gonna look like. Before long, the video starts, but instead of seeing that great video you were expecting, you are treated to Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up. That's when you realized, you have just been Rick Roll'd. At first you might be a little a upset, but after a little while you start to laugh. Then you think to youself, "who can I get to fall for this?" Well if you're one of the many that thought, why not the New York Mets? Well my friend, your dream has come true.