All posts containing the tag: "Special Olympics"
Posted Jun 12th 2009 7:45PM by TMZ Staff
Former Miss Cali USA Carrie Prejean is steering clear of the Special Olympics tomorrow -- and it's all because her replacement is gonna be there and Carrie doesn't want to make things awkward.
We just spoke to Carrie's attorney, who said Miss Cali USA's executive director, Keith Lewis, couldn't wait to give the new crown-wearer Carrie's spot at the event.
Despite getting the boot, Carrie had expressed interest in volunteering at the event anyway -- something she's done in the past -- but decided against it because she didn't want the bad blood between her and the Miss Cali people to make the event "uncomfortable."
Filed under: Carrie Prejean
Tags: carrie prejean, CarriePrejean, special olympics, SpecialOlympics
Posted Mar 20th 2009 11:50AM by TMZ Staff
President Barack Obama made fun of the handicapped last night on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno." He was making a joke about his bad bowling skills, but here's the question: If George W. Bush had said the same thing, would people be lashing out more? If so, why?
By the way, Kolan McConiughey, a Special Olympics competitor from Michigan, has bowled three perfect games of 300. Yes he can!
UPDATE -- The Special Olympics has released this statement.
Filed under: Barack Obama, Politix
Tags: Barack Obama, BarackObama, bowling, Jay Leno, JayLeno, Kolan McConiughey, KolanMcconiughey, President, Special Olympics, SpecialOlympics
Posted Mar 20th 2009 9:57AM by TMZ Staff
A bowling phenom in the Special Olympics has just challenged Prez Barack Obama to a White House roll-off ... and he'll probably kick Barack's butt.
Kolan McConiughey, a Special Olympics competitor who has bowled three perfect 300 games, tells TMZ that the Prez has to score a lot higher than 129 to beat him. Kolan says he bowls an average of 266.
Kolan -- who works at a grocery store in Ann Arbor, Mich. -- said he'd love to go to the White House to beat Barack on his own lane. Kolan said, "He's cool, but he can't beat me."
We posed the challenge to the White House. They said "no comment."
Filed under: Talk Sports, Barack Obama, Politix
Tags: Barack Obama, BarackObama, bowling, Kolan McConiughey, KolanMcconiughey, Special Olympics, SpecialOlympics
