Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Pierre-Paul, who outweighs Amukamara by roughly 70 pounds

Pierre-Paul, who outweighs Amukamara by roughly 70 pounds, offered only the slightest of apologies for the incident.

"It was a little something that happens in here, and it got leaked out," Pierre-Paulsaid. "I'm not embarrassed [by] it. We're all family in this locker room. I feel like me and Prince, we're cool. All the guys that were on there were cool It was just fun and games, and the media took it out of proportion."

Pierre-Paul didn't apologize to Amukamara, and the Giants' star pass-rusher didn't sound as if he had any plans to do so, either.



Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Liu came to London with injuries hanging over him

On China's Central Television, commentator Yang Jian cried out when Liu fell during the live broadcast. "He is ending the London Games in the cruelest way you can imagine," said Yang, who began to choke up.

"Liu Xiang is a warrior," Yang said.

Liu came to London with injuries hanging over him, and his Chinese fans cheered with more caution about getting their hopes too high.

His fall nevertheless shocked and saddened supporters, who were posting crying emoticon faces on the microblogging site Sina Weibo, where the topic was trending.

A top CommunistParty official phoned Liu in London to show the country's support for him, the official Xinhua news Agency reported Wednesday.