Hang In There

Olympic Phenom Dara Torres' coach, Michael Lohberg, was stricken with a rare, potentially fatal blood disorder that has left his star swimmer devastated and prone to crying jags two weeks before the Beijing Games.

"It's just been an emotional roller coaster. I'm in total shock," Torres told The Associated Press by phone Friday from the U.S. team's training camp in Palo Alto, Calif. "I cry a lot and get very emotional."

Torres found out Tuesday before practice that Lohberg has aplastic anemia, in which the bone marrow doesn't produce enough new cells, leading to fatigue, increased risk of infection and uncontrolled bleeding. Treatment can involve blood transfusions or a bone marrow transplant.

Best wishes to Michael and his Family.

40 is the new 20

So here's the deal. Dara Torres is 41 years old and lives in Florida with her 2 year old daughter. This week, she became the first person to ever make 5 Olympic Teams in swimming and she did it by winning the Women's 50 and 100 meter Freestyles in American Record times. There isn't much more to say because if you don't understand the magnitude of her accomplishment you're a complete idiot!!! Dara, you are amazing and an inspiration to men, women and children everywhere!