Blog Posts by Chris Chase

  • Ten seconds into his television acting debut, Ryan Lochte was already shirtless and had uttered his catch phrase, "Jeah!"

    The five-time London medalist will play himself in an upcoming episode of "90210." We'd go into plot details, but you don't care. You either want to see him shirtless or to see how well-versed he is in acting's Donaghy Method.

    Verdict: Lochte is to Donaghy like Brando is to Stanislavski.

    It's been a week full of firsts for Lochte. On Thursday, he appeared on "The Tonight Show." Lochte is so laid back he makes Phelps seem like Missy Franklin.

    While on the show, actress Kristen Bell stole Lochte's medals.

    Lochte seems confounded by the words Bell spoke. Can't say I blame him; I'd also turn into a puddle of nerves if Veronica Mars ever chatted me up.

    Also, if Lochte isn't the next "Bachelor," then we've failed, America. We've failed.

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  • Michael Phelps could get in trouble for Louis Vuitton photos

    By Chris Chase | Fourth-Place Medal – Fri, Aug 17, 2012 10:18 PM SGT

    Michael Phelps could be in hot water -- not the cold bathtub he appears to be in -- for his recent photo shoot with the French luxury fashion house Louis Vuitton.

    Photos of Phelps taken by famed photographer Annie Leibovitz were leaked on the Internet late last week, violating the International Olympic Committee's controversial Rule 40, which states athletes can't promote any non-Olympic sponsors from July 18 to Aug. 15.

    Punishments for the rule range from fines to a stripping of medals.

    The campaign was set to begin on Aug. 16 in order to comply with the IOC's campaign against ambush marketing. Someone jumped the gun and the photos appeared on a wide variety of websites starting on the second Tuesday of the Olympics.

    Louis Vuitton denies releasing the photographs, as does Phelps' camp.

    Rule 40 states "a competitor or a team may lose the benefit of any ranking obtained in relation to other events at the Olympic Games at which he or it was disqualified or excluded; in such case the

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