Rachel Flatt’s photo, which we got from her Twitter feed is:
A. A heartfelt portrayal of a worldwide icon
B. A creatively shot night scene
C. Amazing: the torch is actually working!

OK, not really.  But, something like this is actually in the works: “Sources” say that Usain Bolt (fastest guy alive, adoptive parent of adorable cheetah named Lightning Bolt) might race Chris Johnson, of the Tennessee Titans (buyer of cars for his entire O-Line after his 2,000 yard rush season concluded yesterday.)
Our money is on Bolt, [...]

When we think of the Olympic torch, we think of the fabulousness of photo finishes.  The dedication of athletes who devote their lives to sport.  OK, maybe that parade with the interesting outfits and the incredibly excited athletes from Togo, or the Marshall Islands….all three of them.  Here’s what we don’t think of: Over-moussed country [...]

Twenty seven year old Darren Sutherland, who represented Great Britain at the Beijing Olympics and won the bronze medal in boxing, was found dead in his apartment Monday morning by his manager.
The manager, Frank Maloney, was taken to the hospital in shock after finding Sutherland’s body, which British media reports say was found hanging.  Maloney [...]

We love figureskating, like LOVE.  It’s hands down our favorite Olympic sport, and we love that the women get at least as much attention as the men, if not more.
Figure skating has had some recent successes, and in fact today NBC signed a deal to increase it’s coverage of figure skating over the next four [...]

Caster Semenya, as most will know, is the runner who recently won a gold medal in the women’s 800 meter race in the world championships.  She was given her medal, but many are unhappy….because they think she’s a man?
Sort of.
Despite the assurances of Semenya and her family that she is a woman, she will undergo [...]

In the time it takes you to read this sentence, Usain Bolt will have run 100 meters.  He set a brand new record at the Olympics last year in this race…and then yesterday he shattered it by .11 seconds–an unheard of quantity of time in a race where things are measured in hundredths and even [...]

Somehow, this week in right-now, we screwed up and reversed our weekend post order.  We don’t think anyone noticed, but if you did, UPH is sorry, and will bake you cookies or something.
This week in history….

Every week, UPH will look at one confusing thing in sports, and figure it out.  It will then become Stuff We Didn’t Used to Get.  If you’ve got something you want us to investigate, drop us a line.
All the talk about Nicole Bobek made us think about the weirdness of the new scoring system in [...]