If you're a good cook, you could sell cookies or prepared meals for harried mothers who work outside of the home. You could also sell Avon or Tubberware and use the proceeds from that.

Thanx for this schedule. I just want to know the scoring details..

Parallel-bars aka p-bars: Comeback kid Li Xiaopeng wins gold! 1 123 LI Xiaopeng China 6.900 9.550 16.450 2 184 YOO Wonchul Korea 7.000 9.250 16.250 3 265 FOKIN Anton Uzbekistan 6.800 9.400 16.200 4 152 HAMBUECHEN Fabian Germany 6.900 9.075 15.975 5 254 PETKOVSEK Mitja Slovenia 6.800 8.925 15.725 6 121 HUANG Xu China 7.000 8.700 15.700 7 182 YANG Taeyoung Korea 7.000 8.650 15.650 8 204[ Read More... ]

Men's Vault Final (2 Vaults average): 1 248 BLANIK Leszek Poland 17.000 9.600 16.600 27.000 9.475 16.475 16.537 2 141 BOUHAIL Thomas France 17.000 9.575 16.575 27.000 9.500 16.500 16.537 3 206 GOLOTSUTSKOV Anton Russian Fed. 17.000 9.500 16.500 27.000 9.450 16.450 16.475 4 191 DRAGULESCU Marian Romania 17.000 9.800 16.800 27.200 8.750 -0.300 15.650 16.225 5 142 CARANOBE Benoit France 17.000[ Read More... ]

Rings: 2 more medals for China, gold and silver: 1122 CHEN Yibing China 7.300 9.300 16.600 2 125 YANG Wei China 7.500 8.925 16.425 3 261 VOROBIOV Oleksandr Ukraine 7.200 9.125 16.325 4 164 COPPOLINO Andrea Italy 7.100 9.125 16.225 5 144 PINHEIRO RODRIGUES Danny France 7.500 8.725 16.225 6 165 MORANDI Matteo Italy 7.100 9.100 16.200 7 196 STANESCU Robert Romania 7.000 8.825 15.825 8 228[ Read More... ]

Men's pommel horse final: 1124 XIAO Qin China 6.400 9.475 15.875 2 230 UDE Filip Croatia 6.400 9.325 15.725 3 234 SMITH Louis Great Britain 6.700 9.025 15.725 4 125 YANG Wei China 6.200 9.250 15.450 5 171 TOMITA Hiroyuki Japan 6.100 9.275 15.375 6 181 KIM Jihoon Korea 6.100 9.075 15.175 7 217 ARTEMEV Alexander United States 6.300 8.675 14.975 8 266 FUENTES BUSTAMANTE Jose Luis Venezuela 6.300[ Read More... ]

Men's floor excercise final: 1 126 ZOU Kai China 6.700 9.350 16.050 2 136 DEFERR Gervasio Spain 6.500 9.275 15.775 3 206 GOLOTSUTSKOV Anton Russian Fed. 6.500 9.225 15.725 4 152 HAMBUECHEN Fabian Germany 6.500 9.150 15.650 5 175 UCHIMURA Kohei Japan 6.300 9.275 15.575 6 223 HYPOLITO Diego Brazil 6.700 8.500 15.200 7 191 DRAGULESCU Marian Romania 6.500 8.350 14.850 8 245 SHATILOV Alexandr Israel[ Read More... ]

China gold, Japan silver, and USA gets the bronze! USA Jonathan Horton hits his routines. Sasha Artemev was great on pommel horse - more consistent than in the national competitions, he says he feels better on the international stage. China's difficulty (A score) was awesome! Way to go China! [quote] As expected, China blitzed the competition, taking the top team score on five of the six[ Read More... ]

Men's gymnastics team finals competition tonight! The prelims from a couple days ago: 1. China - 374.675 2. Japan - 369.550 3. Russia - 366.225 4. South Korea - 365.675 5. Germany - 365.675 6. USA - 365.200 7. France - 361.200 8. Romania - 359.350

Sounds like Paul's coach Miles Avery is saying that the formatting of the men's camps didn't allow him to schedule Paul's workouts/schedule the way he wanted, and pushed too much too soon. another article on Paul's withdrawal from the team: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/showthread.php?p=76367#post76367 related: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/showthread.php?p=76011#post76011 more[ Read More... ]

Paul Hamm withdraws, setback with strained rotator cuff, and won't be ready - Raj Bhavsar in: [quote] “I’ve put my heart and soul into this comeback,” Hamm said on an afternoon conference call with reporters. “I needed to make continuous progress and have no setbacks.” But after returning from a pre-Olympic training camp, Hamm said it became clear to him that he[ Read More... ]

USA Men's Olympic Gymnastics Team: The members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Men

If you click on the "More" link, you can get the new list: [quote] Perfect 10s Remaining 4 spots + 1 alternate: Justin Spring Sean Golden Joseph Hagerty Raj Bhavsar Kevin Tan I admit that it pains me to leave Morgan Hamm off this list. He certainly has the clout and reputation. It pains me to leave Durante, Townsend, Alvarez & Artemev off as well. What a tough call. What do you think? Who[ Read More... ]

Paul Hamm and Jonathan Horton named to USA men's Olympic gymnastics team; rest of the team will be named tomorrow. [QUOTE]

[quote=eric;71064]The men's competition was last week, so the TV coverage of that isn't LIVE, then again maybe like the Tyson American Cup there will only be small clips of the men, like all of Paul Hamm's routine, and David Sender who won the all-around, etc.[/quote] Same with trampoline & tumbling, but that gets even less coverage.

[QUOTE]The 33-year-old Wilson, who won the all-around national title five straight years from 1996-2000, then said he was through with the sport.

The men's competition was last week, so the TV coverage of that isn't LIVE, then again maybe like the Tyson American Cup there will only be small clips of the men, like all of Paul Hamm's routine, and David Sender who won the all-around, etc. Here are the results: 2008 Visa Championships Reliant Arena Houston, Texas May 24, 2008 Senior men

[QUOTE] "It's hard to make a direct comparison between gymnastics and diving, but your body awareness, flexibility and control definitely cross over the two." In Melbourne 2006, she became the first Australian woman to compete at consecutive Commonwealth Games in different sports, a performance she used to step up her campaign to qualify for Beijing. [/QUOTE] Like the USA Gymnastics slogan[ Read More... ]

Plates and screws look like the norm, like Kyle Shewfelt's but Kyle's getting his plate removed after the Olympics. [QUOTE]Lubbers repaired the broken fourth metacarpal in Hamm's right hand Tuesday, inserting a thin plate and nine screws to return the bone to its original alignment. The surgery at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, went "very well," Lubbers said, and the gymnast[ Read More... ]

Kyle getting ready for the Beijing Olympics from his injury from the bad landing last August. [quote] Shewfelt slightly mistimed a landing at a practice session in Germany last August and the results were catastrophic. He splintered the tops of both shinbones, hyper-extended his knees and suffered ligament damage. Surgery followed within days and he now has a metal plate and two screws in his[ Read More... ]

Jake Bateman 2008 NCAA Championships [youtube]PvFNzKw6hHs[/youtube] Jake Bateman 2008 NCAA Championships 2 [youtube]0cENdHQ0AUQ[/youtube] Steven Legendre GOLD Floor NCAA 2008 [youtube]bGH6RMY9628[/youtube] [youtube]Oklahoma

[quote]A minimum of 14 athletes from the U.S. Men

USA men's team picking its Olympic Trials gymnasts for the USA Beijing Olympic team. Weird event for Morgan Hamm after two events: [quote]COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) -- Morgan Hamm dropped out of a key gymnastics meet Wednesday night after an allergic reaction that restricted his breathing, meaning he'll have to file paperwork to stay on the path toward his third Olympics. Hamm planned on[ Read More... ]

Scores: Team: 1. Oklahoma - 363.200 2. Stanford - 362.750 3. Illinois - 359.750 4. Penn State - 357.650 5. California - 356.150 6. Michigan - 354.250 Event Finals: Day 1: Floor 1. Legendre (Oklahoma) 2T. Sandy (Penn State) 2T. Wickham (Ohio) Pommel Horse 1. McNeill (Cal) 2. Sandy (Penn State) 3. Nakamori (Stanford) Rings 1. Horton (Oklahoma) 2. Sender (Stanford) 3.[ Read More... ]

Scores: Team: 1. Oklahoma - 363.200 2. Stanford - 362.750 3. Illinois - 359.750 4. Penn State - 357.650 5. California - 356.150 6. Michigan - 354.250 Event Finals: Day 1: Floor 1. Legendre (Oklahoma) 2T. Sandy (Penn State) 2T. Wickham (Ohio) Pommel Horse 1. McNeill (Cal) 2. Sandy (Penn State) 3. Nakamori (Stanford) Rings 1. Horton (Oklahoma) 2. Sender (Stanford) 3.[ Read More... ]