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Olympian Kerri Walsh Gives Birth!

Sassy Smith — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:04:00 GMT

Gold-medalist winner, Olympian Kerri Walsh and Casey Jennings, her pro volleyball player husband, have welcomed their first child!

From PEOPLE:

Walsh, 30, and her husband, AVP pro-volley ball player Casey Jennings, 33, welcomed son Joseph Michael Jennings at 8:57 p.m. on May 22 in Los Angeles.

"We could not be more thrilled to welcome Joseph into the world," Walsh tells PEOPLE. "It’s the most incredible feeling. We are already so in love with him and it’s such an amazing, special moment for our family."

The baby weighed in at 8 lbs. 10 oz. Mom and baby are resting comfortably.

In May, Walsh shared her excitement about becoming a mom. "It's more beautiful and more special than I ever thought possible," she said.

Congratulations to the happy couple!

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Sassy Smith — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:03:00 GMT

Olympian Kerri Walsh and her pro volleyball player husband, Casey Jennings, are expecting their first child and they know what they are having - a boy! The soon-to-be parents have named their bundle of joy...any guesses?

Find out after the jump!

Joseph Michael Jennings is expected to make his entrance later this month, and the mom-to-be told PEOPLE, "I am beyond excited. It's more beautiful and more special than I ever thought possible."

Kerri, 33, announced her news in December and said this pregnancy is "extra special" to her.

"We had been wanting to have kids for a long time and tried to get pregnant before Beijing but had a miscarriage. It was sad, but the way it happened I had to wait at least a year before trying again. Then we got pregnant literally first try, day one in Beijing after we finished. Beijing baby. It was an inspired conception!"

The athletic couple wanted to be surprised and not find out the sex of their baby until birth day, but changed their minds.

Walsh explained, "I filled out this letter to Casey saying 'Merry Christmas. We have a beautiful baby ---- on the way' and I had the doctor fill it out. So neither of us knew at that time. My mom got the letter framed and we opened it on Christmas and found out together. It was the last present we opened and the best. I was so overwhelmed, everyone freaked out."

How sweet!

Have they decided if they'll one day give their son a sibling or two?

"Absolutely," said Kerri. "We want at least three kids. I want my boys and a girl, I want it all! But I want to keep working because I love my job so much. I just need to learn how to be a good juggler and we'll get it all done."

Kerri sounds very much like an excited mama! Congrats!

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Karl Erikson — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:05:00 GMT

Olympian and gold medalist Kerri Walsh is expecting her first child with husband Casey Jennings. "I'm chubby and I'm pregnant and it's awesome!" says Kerri, half of the winningest beach volleyball team on Earth. She and her volleyball partner Misty May-Treanor announced after the Olympic games in China that they'd be focusing on starting families.

Seems Kerri was already a mom-to-be during the summer games, because she's already 16-1/2 weeks pregnant. "Well, the way they date pregnancies is a little bit confusing," Kerri says. 'We believe we conceived during our last days in Beijing, or about a couple of days after we wont the gold medal." So much for the myth that Olympians don't have sex during the games.

"We don't know if it's a boy or a girl, and we aren't trying to find out. We have a feeling it's a boy, but we’re going to find out the traditional way." Kerri is loving her new curves. "I think the chubbiness is all relative, but it's for the very best cause in the whole world, and I'm proud of it."

And what about Misty May's babymaking? "I know she's trying," Kerri says. "And that's all I'll say."

Ah yes, how I love making babies. Well, the part that leads up to the babies, anyway. I'm too old for a baby nowadays. I'd have to buy stock in Red Bull.

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Dara Torres Reunited With Daughter

Karl Erikson — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:07:00 GMT

Multiple Olympic medalist Dara Torres had a rough time heading to Beijing this month. For the 41-year-old, it meant leaving her 2-year-old daughter, Tessa, behind for nearly a month. Sure, winning 3 silver medals isn't easy, but that's a lot easier than being apart from your kids. Torres has a total of 12 Olympic medals and some of her daughter's favorite things are watching her mommy swim.

The rocking superstar athlete talked about coming home during the Olympics, saying, "I’m gonna put my bags down, and I’m going to go to my daughters room. It’s going to be too late, she’s gonna be asleep. But I’m gonna go to the door and peek in and just look at her. That’s the first thing I’m gonna do."

Well, Dara is finally home and she did just that. She arrived home after 11 p.m. and didn't want to wake Tessa Grace. Instead, she went into her daughter's room several times and just looked at her, giving her a kiss. The next morning was very emotional for her. She finally got to hold Tessa in her arms and just hugged her for a long time.

Welcome home, Dara. You freaking rock.

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Silver Medalist Dara Torres Says Daughter is Awesome

Dara Torres - Super Swimmer To Super Model

Sassy Smith — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 18:37:00 GMT

Silver medalist Dara Torres is a super swimmer, a super mom and now, apparently a supermodel!

Torres, 41, is reportedly set to walk the walk for designer Charles Nolan. Nolan apparently saw the attractive athlete on the Today Show and thought she would be a perfect fit for one of his shows.

Although it's not a for-sure thing, Dara would certainly look fabulous on the runway - she's in great shape, and is an inspiration to women everywhere!

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Silver Medalist Dara Torres Says Daughter Is Awesome

Sassy Smith — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:08:00 GMT

Dara Torres, 41, a three-time silver medalist at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, says that her 2-year-old daughter loves the water and that she's "awesome."

Torres says to NBC, about her daugther with partner, David Hoffman, "Tessa's awesome. She's a fun kid and she just absolutely loves the water."

When Dara made the Olympic team, she knew she would have to be away from her little girl for a month since the toddler wouldn't be able to make the trip to Beijing. But Dara is looking forward to telling her daughter all about it when she's old enough to understand.

Torres says, "I'm gonna tell her how much she was a part of this. The sacrifices, the hard work, but still trying to balance the motherhood....I just know it's going to be so much fun when she finally can understand, and I can share all of this with her."

Dara is certainly an inspiration to women everywhere! She's won Silver for: Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay, Women's 50m Freestyle and Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay.

Congrats!

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Olympic Parenting: Oksana Chusovitina and Alisher

Whit Honea — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:27:00 GMT

This is Oksana Chusovitina's son Alisher. He and his mom have been one of the highlights of the Olympics.

His mother is a 33-year-old gymnast which makes her about twenty years older than the girls competing for China. She has competed in five Olympics for 3 different nations.

The story about Alisher is what really sets her apart. Alisher was diagnosed with leukemia and as her country of Uzbekistan was not sufficiently prepared to help him she went, with the help of her friend the German gymnastics coach, to Germany for treatment. The rest is, as they say, history, and Alisher's story is a happy one.

I love the Olympics.

Olympic Parenting: Robyn and Jordan Ah Mow-Santos

Whit Honea — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 19:29:00 GMT

United States volleyball player Robyn Mokihana Ah Mow-Santos spent a moment with her son Jordan Nohili Ah Mow-Santos after beating the China team at the Beijing Olympics.

Go, U.S.A.!

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Going For Gold-Up Next, Babies

trix — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 16:22:00 GMT

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh are going for Olympic gold again. I have been watching the Beach Volleyball portion of the Olympics and have been amazed at the level of play and how quickly it seems they are plowing through some of the competition and of course, the fact that they look awesome in those tiny little bikinis.

I was watching the other night and heard the part of their story in which the announcer talked about their desire for kids and I was enjoying the match too much to be bothered to get up and write about it, so thank you LA Times for doing that.

Both women have expressed the desire to take a little time off from tournament play to work on the next big project, getting pregnant. When asked about future plans they said, "hopefully, we'll both be pregnant. Pregnant, but with two gold medals.

Treanor said, "I don't want to throw the R-word in there, but I mean, I haven't had a kid, I don't know," May-Treanor said. "Priorities change, and it's tough what we do, traveling internationally and domestically, and if I feel like I can come back two years down the road or whatever and want to give it a go, great."

The women are well on their way to their way to a second gold medal but did say that, "the greatest accomplishment of all is having a baby,"

Here's hoping they keep on the path of winning gold medals and we'll throw some baby wishes their way.

Misty May-Treanor & Kerri Walsh Get The Gold, Now They Want to Get Pregnant

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Little Girl Too Ugly For Olympic Officials - OMG!!!

Sassy Smith — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:34:00 GMT

Lin Miaoke is the sweet little 9-year-old girl who sang Ode to the Motherland during the Olympics opening ceremony and she instantly became a hit - only one problem - it wasn't Lin Miaoke's voice....

The 'real' voice belonged to 7-year-old Yang Peiyi but officials, at the last minute, didn't think Yang was cute enough - seriously?? Her voice was deemed the most beautiful but her looks, apparently not so much. Are they kidding?

Are Yang's parents not upset about this? Officials are basically saying that Yang's voice is good enough - it's beautiful - but that her face isn't good enough? That is wrong on so many levels!

An official was quoted as saying, "The main consideration was the national interest. The child on the screen should be flawless in image, in her internal feelings, and in her expression." Uh, so ya, nice way of saying that you think little Yang is ugly?????? NICE.

Does this p*ss you off? It sure does me!

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sweatpantsmom — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:35:00 GMT

Dara Torres, the 41-year-old mother of a 2-year-old, just won the 100-freestyle at the U.S. trials to reach the Olympics for a record fifth time. That's right - while the rest of us were splashing around in a wading pool with our water wings on, Torres was kicking butt at a pool in Omaha, winning the 100-meter-freestyle in 53.78 seconds. Damn - it takes me around fifteen minutes just to get across the pool using my swim fins and a water noodle.

Torres, who swam in her first Olympic games in 1984, came out of a seven-year retirement last year. This was her first Olympic trials in eight years.

Torres held daughter Tessa during the emotional awards ceremony on the pool deck. She says she was thinking about her late father, Edward, who died a year and a half ago before she could tell him about her comeback plans.

"I was feeling he was with me in that race and really feeling him at the end," she said. "I was trying to hold a brave face while I was out there because I didn't want anyone to see me crying."

This story totally inspires me. The next time I'm at the pool, I'm going to put down my daiquiri, get off my floating barcalounger and do a couple of laps.

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Miley Cyrus' Parents are to Blame: The World According to Jamie Lee Curtis

Whit Honea — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:49:00 GMT

Jamie Lee Curtis knows a thing or two about posing topless. Of course the uproar over her doing so was that it was for the cover of the AARP magazine, and apparently she's too old for such frivolity. Miley Cyrus, at 15, posed pseudo-topless for Vanity Fair. She's too young.

Americans like our topless models in the 18 - 40 range.

Jamie Lee Curtis is laying the blame on Miley's parents. That isn't to say that Annie Leibovitz didn't go a bit far in her attempt at art, and yes, Miley should have realized that her posing for the pictures in question would cause her career some unwanted criticism. They deserve their share of the responsibility.

People are also bitching about Disney to the point that they felt the need to comment. Disney has nothing to do with it. That's like Nerve Media being blamed for me posing for those awkward photos last weekend. Hey, I needed the money. I didn't call Nerve to okay it, and Disney didn't have any say in Miley's spread.

But I digress. Here's what Jamie Lee Curtis wrote in The Huffington Post:

I woke up this morning concerned about the world food shortage and Korean defectors attempting self immolation in protest of Beijing and was astonished at the amount of attention a young woman named Miley Cyrus was getting for a topless, or shall I say backless, photograph in Vanity Fair.

Just to connect the dots, I too have weathered a recent bout of hysteria over a supposed topless, or shall I say strapless, photograph in a magazine. In my case it was an understanding that the photo in question be shoulders up regardless if I was wearing a suit of armor, chastity belt, wet suit, strapless bra or nothing. It is, was and will always be irrelevant and only became an issue when it was publicized as "topless". All the nipple loving/leering people wanted to know...was it true? Kids I know asked their parents and me if I had posed topless. Saturday Night Live in a funny parody alluded to it as well as the efficacy of Activia yogurt and we all had a good laugh and it sold magazines and it is/was over. Now this. (Video Below)

Apparently young Ms. Cyrus has apologized for something she was told would be artistic and now feels embarrassed about. I feel for her. Of course she is embarrassed. She is a young girl. She shouldn't have to deal with any of this. I don't feel that she was duped. I know the integrity of Ms. Liebovitz and the magazine and I know there were people present at the shoot that should have been looking out to make sure that this didn't happen. In the offending photo she looks tousled and soft and vulnerable and yes...even sexy. She is fifteen after all, and the word sex is starting to come up. I seem to remember a fourteen/fifteen year old Brooke Shields commenting that nothing came between her and her Calvins. There would be no problem if Ms. Cyrus doesn't represent something that is counterintuitive to that image.

In the article in the New York Times Business Section, a Disney executive is quoted, saying "For Miley Cyrus to be a 'good girl' is now a business decision for her. Parents have invested in her godliness. If she violates that trust, she won't get it back." In the world of constant scrutiny how can a young person not violate this and develop a mind, body and spirit of their own? Look at the '50s and the idols of that time. Many gay men with beards...sham marriages. Young stars trying out their sexuality secretly. My own mother (pre-show business) was married at 14 to be able to explore her own passions.

Today's generation of performers have had to navigate the treacherous shoals of adolescence in full frontal viewberty [sic] of the peering voyeurism of the media and it's voyeuristic participants. We have watched them as they stumble out of the safety of childhood, not that being a professional actor as a child is safe, but that is another blog, into the glare of celebrity, rehab, prison, teen pregnancy and now this, a backless shot of a young girl. It was called "artistic'. If we keep a young person's natural sexuality in check during their performing years what happens to it? It has to come out. Daniel Radcliffe is starring in Equus which includes nudity and parodied his natural urges (hilariously) on Ricky Gervais' EXTRAS. He has had to carry the weight and morals of Harry Potter and Warner Brothers and can now, as Harry has grown up and the series is nearing its end, tread lightly into adult fare and explore his art.

When these young people get all dressed up for award show red-carpet events don't we all comment how beautiful, stunning and grown-up they look in their strapless/backless dresses and heels and tousled hair? None of this is new. None of this should be news. But it is news because it is a business. It is all Business. It is called Show Business. Show Abyss-ness! I call it Show-OFF Business. You throw a child into the jaws of a business and they will get eaten.

I know how Miley feels. I too was a little embarrassed by my recent topless "scandal" and the subsequent parodies, but I am an adult woman. I protected myself during the shoot and I can take the heat. I only wish that her guardians had protected her.