In 1988, figure skater Debi Thomas won a bronze medal at the Calgary Olympic Games. Guess what she looks like now!

It seemed like innocent fun ... but these pictures of Olympic bronze medalist Scotty Lago proved a bit too much for Vancouver -- Scotty is packing up his newly-polished medal and leaving.



Scotty apologized to the U.S. Olympic Committee and the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association after we posted the photo -- taken on a public street with a crowd of people watching -- before volunteering to go home.

TMZ published the photo and apparently it didn't sit well with someone. He's a snowboarder for cryin' out loud. They should have cut him a break.

Bronze medal winner Scotty Lago got a little friendly congrats from a snowboarding fan in Vancouver last night.



No word on whether the fan received a medal for her work.

Stephen Colbert -- assistant sports psychologist for the U.S. Speed Skating Team -- is so hungry for a win in Vancouver, dude actually used an ice skate to slice up a sandwich right before the men's 1000m.



For the record, Colbert's psychological strategy is paying off: U.S. skater Shani Davis took gold in the event.

Turns out, there are 2 heroes in these photos.

U.S.A. Olympic male figure skaters Johnny Weir (left) and Evan Lysacek (right) both glided the night away during the Men's short program on Tuesday.



Question is ...

NBC has given Conan O'Brien the option to either do his show from midnight to 1 or leave the network, sources tell TMZ.



As TMZ first reported, after the Olympics, Jay Leno will get his 11:30 PM time period back. We're told network execs have told Conan they will let him decide if he wants the midnight to 1:00 AM time slot. If he does, Leno's show will only be a half hour. If Conan walks, Leno will get a full hour, informed sources tell TMZ.

Our sources say Conan has not decided what he wants. We do know he's pissed, because he was given no advanced warning this was coming. Conan's people told NBC they are considering the offer. Translation: Mr. O'Brien -- I have Rupert Murdoch on line one, Stephen McPherson on line two, John Landgraf on line three, Jeff Wachtel on line four ...

We're told if Conan gets another offer, even though NBC could block the move, they will let him go and give Leno the full hour.

Stay tuned ...

There is definitely a Michael Phelps who owes $20,000 to the State of California ... problem is, he's not the same Michael Phelps who competed in the Olympics.

As for the real Phelps, he's in excellent tax standing in the Golden state.

Now, we're off to buy a ton of Speedos ... and Omega watches ... and PowerBars ...

You know you're screwed when the supreme intergalactic powers of President Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey combined aren't enough for a successful bid to host the 2016 Olympics in Chicago.

Chicago was just eliminated from consideration for the 2016 Olympics -- in fact, it was eliminated in the first round of voting.

The winning city was Rio de Janeiro -- which, if you think about it, is awweeeesome!

Fastest man on the planet Usain Bolt slowed down just enough to get his picture taken while leaving Alto in London at 4:30 AM the other day.



Let's hope his blood alcohol level wasn't world record breaking.

Olympians Ryan Lochte, Cullen Jones, Ricky Berens, Scott Spann, Ed Moses and another swimmer named Matthew Haupt brought their chiseled physiques to Rehab in Vegas yesterday.


Michael Phelps was supposed to show up to the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino pool party -- but opted out after his accident last week.

Between them, these guys have almost 30 world records, 10 Olympic medals and an uncountable amount of abs.

Mary Decker was favored to win the gold medal in the 3000 meter final at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games for the USA, until she tripped on barefoot South African runner Zola Budd and fell. Guess what she looks like now!