Olympics
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Olympic Gossip: Rumors Fly About Kobe Bryant’s Friendship With Australia’s Stephanie Rice (Pics)
You know what really sucks about cheating on your wife—you know, besides having to live with the fact that you’ve violated her trust and left her emotionally devastated? It’s that, for the rest of your life, any time somebody sees you in public with a woman who is not you wife (assuming she didn’t dump [...]
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Some Old Dude Told Aly Raisman’s Dad To Sit Down After Her Gold Medal Floor Routine (Video)
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from watching the Olympics and all the sappy Olympics commercials this year, it’s that it is probably harder to be the parent of an Olympic athlete than it is to be the athletes themselves—not physically, of course, but emotionally. How so? Because they’re just as emotionally involved in the [...]
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Here’s The Worst Olympic Dive You Will Ever See (GIF)
If this were a “who can make the biggest splash” competition, Stephan Feck of Germany would have easily earned a perfect score. Unfortunately for him, it wasn’t a “biggest splash” competition. It was a 3-meter springboard diving event at the 2012 London Olympics, and it earned him a last place finish in the competition and [...]
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German Weightlifter Matthias Steiner Drops 432 Pounds On His Head At Olympics (GIF)
Weightlifting is supposed to be one of the many non-contact sports taking place at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, but today it was anything but a non-contact sport for German weightlifter Matthias Steiner. You see, Steiner entered the men’s over 105kg weightlifting event as the defending Olympic champion, but during his second lift of [...]
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Usain Bolt Wants To Try Out For Manchester United
So apparently the World’s Fastest Man, Usain Bolt, thinks he could cut it as a professional soccer player on one of the best teams in the greatest league in the world. Nobody ever said the guy lacked confidence. On Monday, the 2008 and 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 100m sprint told UK paper The [...]
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Alex Morgan Scores Last Second Goal, USA Women’s Soccer Team Beats Canada 4-3 (Video)
Men’s soccer may be the dumbest sport at the Summer Olympics, but you can’t say that for the women’s tournament. All the best players on all the best teams in the world are there, and the competition is fierce. Case in point: yesterday’s back-and-forth overtime semifinal between Canada and the USA, which some are already [...]
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Excited Belgian Sailing Fans Drop A Few F-Bombs During Interview With BBC (Video)
It’s hardly uncommon to see sports fans get a little too excited and spew a few expletives on live TV while being interviewed by reporters after a huge victory. It’s just that they’re usually celebrating a huge victory in events like the Super Bowl. But then, there’s the beauty of the Olympics. Once every four [...]
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How Much Is Each Olympic Medal Worth? (Infographic)
Athletes who win an Olympic medal are often rewarded with a cash prize from their country (depending on the country and the color of the medal), along with the possibility of earning some additional money through endorsement deals and public appearances following the Olympic Games. So yes, earning a medal at the Olympic Games is [...]
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Double Amputee Oscar Pistorius Made History Yesterday By Running In The Men’s 400m Semifinal In London (Video)
Olympic athletes are inspiring enough as it is, what with all the hard work and dedication it took for every last one of them just to make it to the Games. However, even among Olympians, Oscar Pistorius is in a class all by himself. You see, this 25-year-old South African athlete was born with what [...]
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Yet Another Awesome Kick Save From Olympic Volleyball (Video)
Last week we told you about the incredible kick save made by Brazilian volleyball player Fabiana Oliveira. Well, apparently Don Suxho of the USA men’s volleyball team didn’t want to be outdone, so he provided a brilliant kick-save highlight of his own. During the first set of the USA’s match against Russia this past Saturday, [...]
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Russian Synchronized Swimsuits Pay Trubite To Michael Jackson (Photo)
No, your eyes have not deceived you. Yes, that is Michael Jackson on the front of the Russian synchronized swim team’s swimsuits! Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina paid tribute to the “King of Pop” by wearing swimsuits with MJ’s image on them and performing their technical duet routine on Sunday to a mix of several [...]
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Usain Bolt Wins Gold in 100-Meters At Olympics…Also Has Bottle Thrown At Him (Video & GIF)
Yesterday we finally saw “the marquee event” (according to all the pundits) of the 2012 Summer Olympics—the men’s 100m sprint. And it turned out to be just as much a foregone conclusion as we thought it would be, with Jamaica’s Usain Bolt winning it fairly easily, snatching his second consecutive gold medal in this event [...]
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Ethiopian Steeplechase Fail At The Olympics (Video)
Ethiopians have a reputation for being great long-distance runners, but when you throw a few hurdles into the mix, as the steeplechase event does, suddenly, they don’t appear to be so great anymore. For evidence of that, look no further than Birhan Getahun, who slammed hard into the final hurdle during the second heat of [...]
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This Venezuelan Boxing Fan Knows How To Pump Up The Crowd (Video)
The Olympics are always exciting on television, because the main networks really only show you the best events. But you have to remember that for every swimming final featuring Ryan Lochte or every track event featuring Ivet Lalova, there’s a team handball match between Angola and Croatia, or a rhythmic gymnastics event featuring a bunch [...]
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TNT Should Hire Irish Basketball Announcer Timmy McCarthy (Video)
It sure would be nice to be at the 2012 Summer Olympics in person, but let’s face it. Not many people have the time or money to fly halfway around the world to watch sports for two weeks. For this reason, the announcers are especially important when you watch the Olympics on television. They need [...]
