Streaker interrupts bronze medal curling game

The Associated Press ^ | February 24, 2006

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

PINEROLO, Italy — Notorious British streaker Mark Roberts has apparently struck again.

A man wearing running shoes, a rubber chicken taped over his genitals and a towel on his head came out of the stands during the Olympic bronze medal curling game Friday, earning some laughs from the British and American rinks before he was taken away by security.

An Italian press agency indentified him as Patrick Roberts, a 42-year from Liverpool who was also responsible for a streaking incident at Wimbledon, and said he was in police custody.

That description would seem to better fit Mark Roberts, a man with a history of streaking and ties to GoldenPalace.com, an online casino whose name was written on the Olympic streaker's chest.

GoldenPalace.com has a history of interrupting major sporting events to seek publicity and has used Roberts in the past to crash the world swimming championship, Super Bowl, Real Madrid home opener, French Open tennis and UEFA Cup soccer final.

The casino also has used boxers as human billboards during fights and employed topless women to crash golf tournaments. And it had former NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman run with the bulls in Pamplona to raise money for MS research.

GoldenPalace.com has Canadian ties in that it is one of many gambling ventures licensed by the Quebec-based Kahnawake Gaming Commission. It has an office on the First Nation community near Montreal as well as in Antigua and England.

GoldenPalace.com said nobody was available Friday for comment.

At the 2004 Summer Games in Athens, a Canadian man jumped off a board into the swimming pool during a diving event. The man, who was arrested and fined 2,000 euros ($3,225 Cdn), also had GoldenPalace.com on his chest and back, but the company said it didn't put him up to the stunt.

[the invisib1e hand]

interesting schtick. I wonder what he gets for a gig....

[airborne]

No pictures, please.

[Petronski]

Anything for attention, eh?

[mikrofon]

I hope the chicken wasn't taped on too tightly - it may have choked...

[SquirrelKing]

"Yeah, after the game me and the fellas are going to grab a few beers and, uh hold on a secon-"

*OOOF!*

[kingu]

For the longest time, the policy of writers was when stunts like this were done, they would not tell the name of the company that was promoted.

In doing so, they discouraged this type of attention.

Alas, the Associated Press has fallen to a new low in repeatedly giving these guys the free press that they crave.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Yeah, those were my initial thoughts as I was reading this article.

I would have redacted the offending passage, but I don't think you're allowed to alter the content of articles posted here.

Besides, I suppose it's worthwhile to know who the idiots behind these puerile stunts are.

[Deguello]

"a rubber chicken taped over his"

Church's Chicken ad?

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

[Swordmaker]

The rubber chicken covers only one of his short comings...

[SAJ]

Ah, yes, Mr. David Niven's excellent ad lib at the Oscars!

WTG, Sword!

[Swordmaker]

Ah, yes, Mr. David Niven's excellent ad lib at the Oscars!

We have a winner! I was wondering if any one would recognize it...

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Yeah, too bad there won't be anything worth watching at this year's Academy Awards.

Mark Steyn wrote a scathingly brilliant essay for the most recent issue of National Review that skewered these self-important celebrities, and their delusional belief that they're "speaking truth to power."

Very amusing.

[Galveston Grl]

The exibitionist: Quick look at my ugly ass because no one in their right mind wants to look at my ugly butt/boobs! I'll take any attention, even tasers, because I'm special and I know it.