Tag Archives: Olympics
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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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The 11 Dumbest Sports at the Summer Olympics
One of the best things about the Olympics is that you get to watch sports you don’t normally see. One of the worst things about the Olympics, however, is that some of these sports are just straight up dumb. What makes an Olympic sport dumb, you ask? Well, it could be any one of a [...]
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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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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 [...]
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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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15 Biggest Summer Olympics Scandals
When you gather 10,500 athletes from 205 nations together for a major international sports competition, you can expect a good scandal or two. But the 2012 Summer Olympics are just one week old, and we’ve already seen four fairly historic controversies—two regarding the outcomes of events, and one that almost kept an event from happening [...]
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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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This Day In Sports History (August 3rd) – 1980 Summer Olympics
It was on this day in 1980 that the closing ceremonies were held for the 22nd Summer Olympic Games. The games were held in Moscow, U.S.S.R., marking the first time ever that the Olympics were held in Eastern Europe. The 1980 Summer Olympic Games are most remembered for being boycotted by the United States and [...]
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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 [...]
