Tag Archives: Olympics
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Stat Line Of The Night — 8/2/12 — Team USA Basketball
I was going to award the “Stat Line of the Night” for Thursday, August 2, 2012 to Carmelo Anthony after his 37 points and 10 three-pointers helped him break the Team USA single-game scoring and three-point records in under 15 minutes of action, but it was almost impossible to overlook the incredible statistical performance put [...]
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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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20 Gymnastics Fail GIFs
Yesterday we told about American gymnast McKayla Maroney and her jaw-dropping vault during the team all-around competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics. It was so good that it literally left the judges flabbergasted, and yet they didn’t award it a perfect score. Of course, losing a few tenths of a point didn’t hurt the USA [...]
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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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20 Hottest Olympic Gold Medalists (Summer Edition)
Two weeks ago we brought you a list of the hottest female athletes Olympians at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Then, last week, we brought you a list of the greatest female Olympians of all time. So what do we have for you this week? How about a combination of the two. That’s right. Today we [...]
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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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9 Highest Paid Olympic Athletes Of 2012
When most people think of Olympic athletes, they think of young men and women scraping by on nothing more than hard work and determination. And for the most part, that’s true. Chasing an Olympic dream is not usually a means to financial security. For the vast majority of athletes, it’s a labor of love that [...]
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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, [...]
