Posts by Michael Bertin
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Just How Big Is Manchester United?
Verbal Kint had it exactly backward. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled wasn’t convincing the world he didn’t exist. It was convincing the world that the Devil was so enormously popular that he gained 659 million followers. Devil in this instance is the Red Devil, the mascot of Manchester United FC; and 659 million […]
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Men’s Synchronized Swimming Is No Laughing Matter
It was a joke: Martin Short and Harry Shearer were two male synchronized swimmers who had given up everything in their quest for Olympic gold. It was made all the more ridiculous by the fact that (a) Martin Short couldn’t swim and (b) there was no men’s event even in the Olympics. And the premise […]
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The Most Ridiculous Medal Record in Olympic History Still Stands
The last race at Eton Dorney not only put the cap on a disappointing Olympic Regatta for the U.S. men’s rowing squad — the priority boat of the four took just a bronze in that race — it also assured that one of the most ridiculous medal records in Olympic history will stay on the […]
