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Posted 08/07/08 in The Cut

Run Through

‘Runway’ Recap: Designers Try to Get Sporty

‘Runway’ Recap: Designers Try to Get Sporty

The designers are asked to create outfits for the Olympics opening ceremony. If only they understood sports.

Posted 08/06/08 in The Cut

First Looks

Stella McCartney’s New Workout Duds Will Motivate You to Hit the Gym

Stella McCartney’s New Workout Duds Will Motivate You to Hit the Gym

Being sweaty and stylish is possible. Stella McCartney's new Adidas collection is one way to do it.

Posted 08/06/08 in Grub Street

Mediavore

Montauk Hates Surf Lodge; Olympics Spur Ethnic Eating

The Greenmarket suspends a farmer, Olympics-themed happy hours, a new Chinese cookbook, and more, in our morning news roundup.

Posted 08/06/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

Leitch: Ivy Leaguers Rule Olympics, Life

Leitch: Ivy Leaguers Rule Olympics, Life

But what if an athlete has you beat at the game of life? What if you’re inferior to an athelete intellectually, too?

Posted 08/06/08 in Vulture

The List

Calvinball, Quidditch, and Other Fictional Sports We Wish the Olympics Would Adopt

Calvinball, Quidditch, and Other Fictional Sports We Wish the Olympics Would Adopt

Forget team handball, modern pentathlon, and the 400-meter individual medley — how about skeet surfing?

Posted 08/04/08 in Daily Intel

The Sports Section

USA Basketball Team in Possible Massage-Related Scandal

USA Basketball Team in Possible Massage-Related Scandal

A Chinese paper is accusing stars LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwyane Wade of soliciting prostitutes — or actually, "female technicians."

Posted 08/04/08 in Grub Street

Mediavore

McDonald’s Revises Dollar Menu; Dogs Get Reprieve in China

The glorious culinary past of airplane dining, food intake up since 1970, don't put poison herbs in your salad, and more, in our morning news roundup.

Posted 07/31/08 in Daily Intel

Company Town

Stevie Cohen Could End Up in a Pickle

Stevie Cohen Could End Up in a Pickle

No, not in the Damian Hirst sense, though that would be amazing: The art-loving SAC Capital Management CEO could have some problems with the SEC if he's not careful. Plus! An ex–Bear CEO jumps ship at JPMorgan, Natalie Portman's apartment goes on the block, and Condé Nast has a green issue, in our daily rundown of industry news.

Posted 07/29/08 in The Cut

Loose Threads

Jil Sander Might Be for Sale; Lauren Conrad’s September Cover

Jil Sander Might Be for Sale; Lauren Conrad’s September Cover

Also. Heidi Klum will co-host the Emmys, Henri Bendel is opening new stores, and Agyness Deyn's name has two y's for a reason.

Posted 07/28/08 in The Cut

Fashion Album

First Look: Ralph Lauren’s Prep-tastic Olympics Uniforms

First Look: Ralph Lauren’s Prep-tastic Olympics Uniforms

The outfits athletes will wear for the opening and closing ceremonies are classic prep, perfect to represent a country besotted with 'Gossip Girl.'

Posted 07/28/08 in The Cut

Run Through

Nike Pulls Ads That Make Them Look Like Homophobes

Nike Pulls Ads That Make Them Look Like Homophobes

We're surprised that a picture of one basketball player's crotch in the face of the other didn't ring alarm bells in development meetings.

Posted 07/28/08 in Vulture

The Best Part

David Remnick Profiles the Chinese Pianist Who Will Liberace Up the Olympics

David Remnick Profiles the Chinese Pianist Who Will Liberace Up the Olympics

The best parts of David Remnick's 'New Yorker' profile of Chinese pianist Lang Lang.

Posted 07/25/08 in The Cut

Loose Threads

John Galliano to Launch Eyewear; Cindy Crawford’s Husband Gets Sued

John Galliano to Launch Eyewear; Cindy Crawford’s Husband Gets Sued

Also, Lacoste puts Coca Rocha on a polo shirt, Jillian Lewis previews her fall line, and Rachel Weisz wears crazy duds for 'Vogue.'

Posted 07/16/08 in The Cut

Loose Threads

Burberry’s Profits Soar; Mariah Carey to Guest-Judge ‘Project Runway’?

Burberry’s Profits Soar; Mariah Carey to Guest-Judge ‘Project Runway’?

Also, Heidi Klum's legs are insured for different amounts, and Richard Prince's new Louis Vuitton handbags have jokes written on them.

Posted 07/03/08 in The Cut

Run Through

Adidas and Cynthia Rowley Move to China

Adidas and Cynthia Rowley Move to China

Adidas opens a huge flagship in Beijing, Rowley heads to Hong Kong. And there are more luxury consumers than ever before in China.

Posted 06/23/08 in The Cut

Cult of Personality

Sharon Stone Lands Damiani Jewelry Campaign

Sharon Stone Lands Damiani Jewelry Campaign

And she's already making us nervous she might say something she shouldn't.

Posted 06/10/08 in Daily Intel

In Other News

Prep-School Principal Gets Caught in Awkward Lie

Prep-School Principal Gets Caught in Awkward Lie

When York Prep Academy principal Christopher Durnford told a little fib about being in the Olympics this one time, he had no idea it would go this far.

Posted 04/07/08 in Daily Intel

Early and Often

Hillary Clinton Does Not Want George Bush Running Around With Any Torches

Hillary Clinton Does Not Want George Bush Running Around With Any Torches

To that end, she's called for the president to boycott the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing this summer — and, to her credit, made a passable effort to move the conversation past her loss of pollster Mark Penn.

Posted 03/06/08 in Daily Intel

In Other News

We May Be Losing a Natalie, But We May Be Getting a Kathie Lee

Posted 02/14/08 in Daily Intel

Gossipmonger

For ‘Lipstick Jungle’ Star, Life Imitates Art