The Olympics
Ah, the Olympics. A time every four years when the world comes together in the spirit of friendly competition and make art together. Or for gold medalist Sakura Yosozumi, skateboard in a kimono. We here at Cracked have an informal tradition of saying the Olympics shouldn't happen or that the Olympics are secretly trash, but we're also softies at heart. Yeah, we've heard the dark sides of being an Olympic athlete, but have you heard the underdog stories at the Olympics? Not even 20 puppies offering you ice cream could melt your heart that fast. Plus, we can definitely agree that McDonald's losing money on a promo is very funny.
4 Reasons We Were Right Not to Boycott the Olympics
While it was a tempting idea, it would have been the wrong decision.
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0 5 Reasons the Winter Olympics Are the Best Olympics
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5 Things They Don't Want You to Know About the Olympics
The Olympics are all about the love of sport, country and your fellow man. Maybe. Just don't look too closely behind the scenes.
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The 7 Easiest Olympic Events to Win a Medal In
Like many of you, I spent most of the past weekend elbow deep in a bag of Cheetos while watching the Olympics.
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24 Rejected Olympic Events We'd Be Great At
The Olympics are great for wasting time while sleeping off a hangover on the couch, but we've always found the over-achieving athletes hard to identify with. We asked you to create some events that even the profoundly lazy could get in on.
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5 Insane Real Sports They Need to Add to the Olympics
There are plenty of sports out there that could be added to the game to spice them up. And we're talking about real sports here, not the game of flamethrower tag we tried to get them to add last time.
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5 Creepy Things London Did to Prepare for the Olympics
It's all in the name of anti-terrorism and public safety, of course, but the London 2012 Olympics will be the most sinister sporting event ever held outside of 'Battle Royale.'
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5 Ridiculous Sports You Won't Believe Were Olympic Events
In the Olympics as we know them today, new events have to go through a long process of careful consideration before inclusion in the esteemed games. Baseball and Softball have recently been cut, for example, while Rugby and golf have made inexplicable comebacks. We can't just have any random spastic game of Calvinball gaining entry into the pinnacl
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5 Ways to Enjoy Terrible Winter Olympic Events
In the event that you're one of the five people watching the Winter Olympics, here's what you can be doing again.
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