MAD About the Olympics: Unwritten Rules for Olympic Athletes
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From MAD #445, September 2004
Writer and artist: John Caldwell
MAD About the Olympics: Sergio Aragonés Looks at the Olympics
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MAD About the Olympics: Highlights from NBC's Endless Olympic Coverage
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From MAD #445, September 2004
Writer: Andrew J. Schwartzberg
Artist: Paul Coker
Other Ways Olympic Badminton Teams Were Cheating
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In the fierce, dog-eat-dog world of competitive badminton, sometimes you’ve just gotta cheat to get ahead. At least that’s what the Olympic teams from China, Indonesia, and South Korea thought when they deliberately lost their matches in order to improve their next-round placement. (Geez, even the way they cheat is boring!) This birdie blunder brought a cloud of shame over a sport revered for keeping 8-year-olds occupied in the backyard while the adults sit on the shaded deck, pounding cans of Coors. While it may seem that throwing the games were their only offense, we here at MAD know these badminton baddies had some other tricks up their color-coordinated sleeves…
MAD About the Olympics: Olympic Moments We're Sure to See
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Our Olympics coverage continues with this classic article from MAD #347, July 1996. It was written by Mike Snider with art by Jack Davis.
MAD Celebrates Michael Phelps
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Yesterday, U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps won his 19th Olympic medal, breaking the record for most medals received all-time. He'll long be admired as the most decorated Olympian in history, but we'll always remember him another way...
From MAD #502, January 2010
MAD About the Olympics
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Well, it’s that time again! Exaggerated athletic pride, feigned international cooperation and millions of people asking what the hell “dressage” is. For a couple weeks every four years we get the chance to scoff at a physically perfect Norwegian gymnast performing a slightly off-center landing, even while we’re barely able to trudge our flabby butt over to the nearest Taco Bell. With that Olympic spirit in mind, we'll be posting some of our worst Summer Games classics over the next two weeks, starting today with this vintage (read: outdated) Olympic cover! Can we at least get a Bronze Medal for trying?
Cover Artist: James Bennett
