Olympics
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USA’s Alex Morgan Knees New Zealand Keeper In The Face (GIF)
Abby Wambach and Sydney Leroux scored goals in the 27th and 87th minutes, respectively, to give the USA women’s soccer team a 2-0 quarterfinal victory over New Zealand, ending the Kiwi’s hopes for an Olympic medal at the 2012 London Games. Despite being outplayed for much of the match, the Kiwi’s still had a shot [...]
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Brazilian Volleyball Player Fabiana Oliveira Gives Us The Highlight Of The Olympics So Far (Video)
On Thursday, Hungarian water polo player Marton Szivos had the play of the Olympics, scoring a gorgeous backhanded goal after passing the ball to himself with his foot. But if you thought that play couldn’t be topped, you were wrong. As it turns out, one day earlier, there was an even more incredible play in [...]
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Nigerian Basketball Player Breaks James Harden’s Ankles With Crossover (Video)
The USA men’s basketball team didn’t even come close to losing it’s first two games at the 2012 Summer Olympics. However, they’ve still received some criticism for their slow, sluggish starts. On Thursday, however, they silenced their critics by blitzing Nigeria right from the get-go, en route to a record setting 156-73 victory. What records [...]
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LeBron James Flops With 30-Point Lead Over Nigeria (Video)
Talk about having no mercy! We already knew that LeBron James was more than willing to flop all over a basketball court in order to get a foul call, but is he capable of doing that sort of thing with a 30-point lead against a far inferior Nigerian men’s basketball team? He sure is! At [...]
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Hungary Water Polo Player Marton Szivos Scored A Highlight Reel Goal Against Romania (Video)
There are some sports we just don’t cover too much here at Total Pro Sports. It’s not that we don’t like them. It’s just that the highlights are kind of hard to come by. But right now that is not the case. With the 2012 Summer Olympics in full swing, we can bring you amazing [...]
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Meet William Bell, the 90-Year-Old Pole Vaulter (Video)
Earl Bell is a former American Olympian. He held the world record for pole vaulting (19′ 0¼”) for one month in 1976, and he won a bronze medal in the event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Today, Earl is one of the top American pole vaulting coaches, operating a training facility in [...]
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Ryan Lochte: Great At Swimming, Terrible At Giving Interviews (Video)
Coming into the 2012 Summer Olympics, a lot of attention was paid to the rivalry in the pool between Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte. The two USA swimmers are the same age, but Phelps monopolized the spotlight in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008. So nobody really noticed that Lochte had won 6 Olympic [...]
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Weightlifter Sa Jae-Hyouk’s Dislocated Elbow Is The 2012 London Olympics’ Most Gruesome Injury (Photos & Video)
With so many athletes taking part in so many different events, the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England are bound to deliver at least a few gruesome injuries throughout the course of the two week event. We were reminded of that fact during the men’s 77kg weightlifting event on Wednesday. The injured party in this [...]
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This Muhammad Ali Tribute Video By DJ Steve Porter Is Why Autotune Was Invented (Video)
One night before the 2012 Summer Olympics began, the U.S. Olympic Committee held their Team USA 2012 Benefit Gala at the USA House in London, which will serve as the Committee’s home base for the duration of the 30th Olympiad. And in attendance that night as a special guest of the Committee was none other [...]
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Kobe Bryant’s Wife Not Too Happy About Those Pics Of Him Partying Without A Shirt
Did you know Kobe Bryant and his ridiculously hot wife Vanessa Bryant have patched things up? I didn’t. I thought they were getting a divorce. And it made sense, really, given the whole “cheating” and “being accused of rape” thing. But apparently, even though all the divorce papers were finalized this spring after Vanessa filed [...]
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Here’s McKayla Maroney’s Jaw-Dropping Perfect Vault That Somehow Didn’t Receive A Perfect Score (GIF)
What you see above is what most are calling a “perfect vault” from 16-year-old U.S. female gymnast McKayla Maroney. It occurred during the women’s gymnastics team competition yesterday, and it was a significant moment for the American Team during their gold medal performance. Oddly enough, the only ones who didn’t seem to believe that this [...]
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Kobe Bryant Signs Autographs Tunisian Player’s Shoe Following Olympic Basketball Beating (Video)
Question: Other than the final result, how does a basketball player know when he’s a cut above his opponents? Answer: When one of your opponents asks you for an autograph. What am I talking about? Well, let’s start at the beginning. Yesterday, the USA men’s basketball team played their second game of the 2012 Summer [...]
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The Mexican Diving Coach Is One Funny Dude (Video)
Ivan Garcia Navarro and German Sanchez Sanchez of Mexico’s Olympic synchronized diving team are pretty damn good. They proved that much when they earned the silver medal in the men’s 10-meter platform event on Monday. As for there coach, we aren’t quite sure if he is responsible for helping Ivan and German achieve such a [...]
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You’re Going To Be Outraged That This Woman Is Not Competing In The 2012 Summer Olympics (Video)
Yesterday we told you about your new favorite Olympian from the 2012 Games, Bulgaria’s Ivet Lalova. Be sure not to miss her competing in the women’s 100m and 200m sprints! Today, however, we’re going to tell you about your new favorite track athlete not at the Olympics this year. It’s a Slovenian triple jumper by [...]
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This Guy Is Super Excited About A French Swimmer’s Gold Medal Victory (Video)
With their national soccer team still in shambles following a disastrous 2010 World Cup and a Brit (Bradley Wiggins) winning the Tour de France this year, French sports fans haven’t had many sources of national sports pride lately. However, so far at the 2012 Summer Olympics, France has been doing pretty well in the pool, [...]
