TAKE A LOOK-London Olympic Games
Reuters
Men's Football at the London 2012 Olympic Games got a shocker when the reigning World and European champions Spain were sent home packing already by the Honduras. There's plenty of images along with the clip of the final upset below. spain's juan As the 2012 Olympic Games progress, American swimmer Michael Phelps and Japanese swimmer [...]
Read MoreUS beats Montenegro 8-7 in Olympic water polo
San Francisc
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/allesok/7667683894/" title="Montenegro gourmand by Diana Lili M, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7272/7667683894_c7d02fdba0.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Montenegro Finally, after years of preparing for this moment (not so much me as the athletes, although I did prepare but nonetheless), the games began. The USA Men came out with an excellent performance topping Montenegro 8-7 in an exciting match to [...]
Read MoreRichard Deitsch: Daily Olympic Briefing: July 30
SI.com
Michael Phelps' Olympic reign has come to an end — he finished in fourth place in the 400 IM, not even getting a medal. American Ryan Lochte took… Riding high off his gold medal win over teammate and Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte had the lead going into the last lap of the 400-meter freestyle relay [...]
Read MoreFun — And Olympic Games — On National Cheesecake Day
NPR (blog)
This Android app review takes a quick look into the BBC Olympics app for sports news coverage of the Olympic games. It was a day of disappointment for Israel as the 2012 Olympic Games ended somewhat prematurely for several members of the delegation. BADMINTON Misha Zilberman bowed out of the Badminton competition a second Graham [...]
Read MoreKenneth Branagh: 'Don't call me sir'
Scout London
Early in Friday night's London Olympics opening ceremonies, actor Kenneth Branagh opened by reading a passage from Shakespeare's "The Tempest." The lines, which are sure to warm the cockles of any true Englishman, are below. Branagh_medium I tilted my head at all the Abraham Lincolns (then I read that Sir Kenneth Branagh was dressed as [...]
Read MoreHope Solo could learn a few things from Brandi Chastain
Washington P
By Robert Klemko, USA TODAY. Updated. LONDON – NBC commentator and former U.S. soccer star Brandi Chastain responded Sunday to Hope Solo's weekend criticism of her on Twitter. Brandi Chastain responded to criticism from Hope Solo by saying In a series of tweets, U.S. goaltender Hope Solo ripped Brandi Chastain, whose game-winning penalty kick against [...]
Read MoreAs Ryan Lochte costs US gold in 400-meter freestyle, he learns there is only …
New York Dai
Swimmer Ryan Lochte predicted that 2012 would be his year, and he's off to a great start. Lochte won the 400-meter individual medley, while teammate Michael Phelps didn't even make it onto the podium. When it comes to the Olympics, apparently only one type of bling goes. U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte was barred from wearing [...]
Read MoreTearful Jordyn Wieber out; Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas go for Olympics …
Newsday
But world champion Jordyn Wieber, a heavy favorite to add the Olympic gold, won't even get to contend for the all-around title after finishing behind teammates Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas. Countries are limited to two gymnasts in the all-around and Jordyn Wieber, 17, of DeWitt, Mich., is the defending world all-around champion, and the [...]
Read MoreTicket backlash overshadows Olympic Games
Yahoo! Sport
LONDON (Reuters) – Olympic organizers scrambled on Sunday to quell a backlash over depressing TV images of half-empty stands at the London Olympics as a government minister said an urgent inquiry had been launched to identify just who had failed to This Android app review takes a quick look into the BBC Olympics app for [...]
Read More2012 Summer Olympics TV schedule: Monday, July 30
Yahoo! Sport
July 30 (Reuters) – Reuters Olympics schedule at 0001 GMT on Monday (times GMT): – – – -. LONDON – Swimmer Michael Phelps won his 17th Olympic medal to take him closer to the all-time mark, but his U.S. freestyle relay team were upstaged by France as In effort to save you the time that [...]
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