Nothing is more exhilarating than Women’s Beach Volleyball… nothing except maybe Women’s Beach Volleyball played in the RAIN!!! Tonight Misty May-Treanor & Kerri Walsh defeated the boy-like Chinese team Tian Ja/Wang Jie in two straight matches, and did I mention they did it in the RAIN!!!

The set marks May-Treanor/Walsh’s 67th consecutive international win and second olympic gold medal in eight years.  These girls got it goin’ on.  One thing’s for certain, if there is a God, He loves Himself some Women’s Beach Volleyball.

Check out the Ass-entials of Beach Volleyball

Either China is such an oppressively un-sexy place, or Olympic athletes have collectively given up on safe-sex practices, because two thirds of the 100,000 free condoms available to the Olympians sit untouched, on a shelf. This compared to previous Olympiads, which sound more like an international orgy of unfathomable proportions than a distinguished competition.

“Organizers ran out of prophylactics at the 2000 Sydney Games, which forced Athens organizers to nearly double the total available to 130,000 four years later,” says Yahoo Sports. Despite this, reports of the mood signal a change in “ambiance,” as more events come to a close and athletes are able to think less about the medal they need to win and more about the rainbow of booty that awaits them in the Olympians lounge.

Read the whole story at Yahoo Sports, here!

The perfect weapon–vicious talent, inhuman flexibility, super hotness–Anastasia “Nastia” Valeryevna Liukin reigns as star of the 2008 US women’s gymnastics team at the Beijing Summer Games.

With nine World Championship medals already in the bag–and a fresh Olympic gold, which she earned Thursday night in the women’s gymnastics overall competition–this 18-year-old comes from an immaculate pedigree, her father winning Olympic gold at the ‘88 Games on the horizontal bars for the Soviets, her mother a World Champion rhythmic Russian gymnast.

And on top of all those skills is a blond bombshell that makes us wish we were chalk boys…or something. But were not, so we did what we do best–a wall of split-rific pics of the all around awesomeness that is Nastia Liukin. And now, The Ass-ential Nastia Liukin.

Despite her tragic falls last night in the fight for the gold against the uber-jail-bait Chinese gymnastics team (who won), 20-year-old Alicia Sacramone is still our favorite high-flying hottie. She’s cute as can be, and fills out the spandex better than any other gymnast in Beijing this year–maybe ever. Oh, and did we mention that she’s a total badass?

To properly honor this flexible hottie, we’ve put together the one-stop-shop for all the Sacramone sexiness this side of the Great Wall with The Ass-ential Alicia Sacramone. Maybe the US team came in second yesterday, but Alicia and her bodacious butt have already earned their gold.

The Rules:
Submit your best caption in the comments section below, and the winner (based purely on our bias) will receive a $15 iTunes gift card! Since this is the Olympic Edition caption contest, your entry must be Olympics-related. Let the captioning begin!

Check out more photos of Drunk Girls Kissing here!

Recently, we put together The Ass-Entials of Beach Volleyball, which covered the sport from a, uh, lower-angled perspective. But since then, we’ve actually watched the sport and realized it’s one of the greatest gifts to man this side of micro-brews and all-you-can eat BBQ.

So this time, we’ve gathered together all the women’s beach volleyball teams going to Beijing for the 2008 Summer Olympics into one ass-tastic round-up that’s sure to place this sport at the top of your must-see list. And not just because of the hot bikini bods–but mostly…

Check out The Girls of 2008 Olympic Beach Volleyball after the flip! (more…)

It’s official, the 2008 Beijing Olympics are here!

Milk has unleashed their Olympic themed Got Milk? advertisement in this weeks Sports Illustrated to celebrate the 2008 games, which kick off on August 6th.

Ten athletes appear in the advertisement, including swimmer Ryan Lochte, softball pitcher Cat Osterman and MLS standout Sacha Kljestan.

Check out Got Milk’s Olympic 08 page for bios, wallpaper & behind the scenes footage.

With the 2008 Summer Olympics quickly approaching, make sure you check out one the most fantastic spectator sports around: women’s beach volleyball. Sure, the sport is just a lot of back and forth, but it’s awesome to watch. What’s better than pairs of sun-kissed cuties showing their skills in the sand–and showing off some awesome athlete ass? Nothing, that’s what.

Luckily for you, we’ve taken out all the obnoxious actual volleyball, and distilled it down to the best bits. The WNBA should take a look at what the AVP is doing, we’re guessing it would up their viewership a point or two…

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#1 Stanford University

Number of 2008 Olympians: 31

This place is more an Olympian-making machine than a school. If you’re good enough to get into Standford, and good enough to play on their teams, chances are you have a good shot at getting to the Olympics. Topping off the list with a whopping 31 Olympians, Stanford earned their first medals of the 2008 Olympic Games with exceptional swimming performances in the preliminary rounds of the men’s and women’s 4 x100m freestyle relays. Ben Wildman-Tobriner brought in gold and  junior Julia Smit won a silver, bringing Stanford’s all-time Olympic medal count to 199.

Men (15)

Women (16)

Source: NBCOlympics.com

#6 University of North Carolina

Number of 2008 Olympians: 14

Sunny North Carolina owns the U.S. women’s field hockey team, with six of their olympians in Beijing for that sport alone. In fact, every single Olympian from UNC is female. This is the first Olympics since 1996 in Atlanta that the U.S. has had a qualifying field hockey team. And they snagged the 11th spot out of 12 teams chosen. But don’t fret, field hockey players are sometimes super hot, so now we can oogle over those ladies, instead of just the volleyball players.

Women (14)

#5 The University of California – Berkeley

Number of 2008 Olympians: (15)

Sneaking in the fifth place spot, UC Berkeley arrived in Beijing with gold(?), sliver and bronze medal winners. And in 2008, swimmer Natalie Coughlin already has three medals under her swimsuit, winning bronze in the 200-meter individual medley, silver in the 400 free, and gold in the 100-meter backstroke, bring her total medal count, for ‘o4 and ‘08, to eight. And that’s just what one of these Golden Bears can do.

Men (4)

Women (11)

#4 The University of Texas – Austin

Number of Olympians (16)

With seven repeat olympians, look out for Texas to dominate–or at least make a splash–in swimming, and hauling-ass in track and field. Former Longhorn Garrett Weber-Gale already helped the US team bring in gold and set world records in the nail-bitting men’s 400-meter relay. And Texas-Ex Cat Osterman continues to help the US softball team blaze their way through the competition, on their way to total world domination.

Men (11)

Women (5)

Source: NBCOlympics.com