Charmed
Posted on 02/27/2006 7:02:22 AM PST by pissant
PINEROLO, Italy - One of the hottest tickets at the Sydney Summer Games in 2000 was track and field. Surprisingly, it wasn't because of the great sprinters or hurdlers that were performing, either.
A phenomenon occurred in the Land Down Under. It was dubbed "Babes Over Bars" by the local press. Well, maybe by the slightly less dignified media outlets. And it became the greatest show on earth.
As it turned out, an extraordinary collection of attractive women were competing in the pole vault. Several of them even posed for calendars and picture books. Suffice it to say, the women's pole vault never was more popular.
Say what you want about athletic ability being able to stand on its own merits, but sex appeal sells. And that applies to any gender and any sport.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
And she's even legal drinking age too..
Charmed
Where did you find that?!?!?
I watched a lot of the men's team. Very entertaining. I was pleasantly surprised. I still don't get all the rules, but it was fun to watch.
Yeah, now I know. But it wasn't in me to post their pic. ;o)
I'm sure it was. LOL
It's almost like having separate men's and women's chess.
Is the chick on the right the one who plays the dominatrix on a few episodes of CSI?
I know...far from me to ruin a babe thread.
I promise to make up for it in the future. :)
That's Alyssa Milano.
I'm a straight woman, but let me tell you, that girl is HOT!
They're cute
I loved that SNL spoof of men's synchronized swimming with Martin Short and Harry Shearer. Hilarious.
It's a legitimate winter sport no question ... easy for neophyte onlookers to understand and if the players happen to be attractive women, so much the better. My only complaint, I was introduced to curling as a teenager but haven't played in decades. Back in the good old days we used brooms not brushes as they do today. These brooms were shorter than your normal broom, configured differently, the bristle part was round and tightly bunched. It comprised about a third of the overall length of the broom. The broom was gripped in such a manner that when you swept, the broom contacting the ice made a loud thumping sound. The loud thumping sound, which could be heard for some distance, gave curling extra zest ... it was unique to curling. The brushes used today, perhaps more effective, are way to pedestrian.
Nah, it's Tanith Belbin - by a mile. Sasha Cohen is just a little girl. ;)
I'm a straight guy, and I concur 100%. ;o)
Don't tell me these are canuckachicks?!
Ah, for the golden age of curling. ;o)
The brushes take skill to manipulate too.
Its just an improvement to the game such as I'm sure you realize/recognize
As any technology is.
Yes, the brooms and their familiar sound are a fav of mine too
That's Alyssa Milano (yum!). She played Tony Danza's daughter "Samantha" on Who's the Boss.
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