Tag Archives: u.s.a.
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This Day In Sports History (February 19th) – U.S. Men’s Olympic Hockey Team
It was on this day in 1998 that the United States Men’s Olympic hockey team was deemed responsible for trashing their hotel rooms at the Olympic Athletes Village in Nagano. The damage to the room was done just a few hours after the team was ousted from the tournament by the Czech Republic by a [...]
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Former U.S. Olympian Suzy Favor-Hamilton was Working as a Vegas Escort (Gallery)
Suzy Favor-Hamilton, 44, certainly didn't lack any exposure during her illustrious track & field career. In college, she became the most decorated female track & field athlete in NCAA history, eventually having the Big Ten's female athlete of the year award named after her. She then went on to represent the United States in the [...]
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This Day In Sports History (September 21st) — United States Dream Team
It was on this day in 1991 that U.S.A. Basketball announced the “Dream Team” for the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Ten of the best players in the NBA were named to the team, with two more added in May of 1992. Charles Barkley, Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, [...]
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Clint Dempsey Mocks Jamaican Player During USA MNT Victory (Video & GIF)
The USA men's national soccer team earned an important 1-0 victory at home against Jamaica in a CONCACAF World Cup Qualification match yesterday, thanks to a brilliant free kick from Herculez Gomez. However, it isn't Gomez's impressive game-winning strike that has everyone talking today. Instead, it's the odd facial expression used by Clint Dempsey to [...]
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Prince Harry and Ryan Lochte Raced in a Pool While Partying at a Vegas Club (Pics & Video)
Throughout the 16-day international sports extravaganza that was the 2012 Summer Olympics, it seemed like members of the British Royal family were everywhere, giving interviews to foreign media, chatting up athletes, and generally embracing their role as Britain’s ambassadors and hosts to the world. Now that the Olympics are finally over, however, the Royals can [...]
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Stat Line Of The Night — 8/12/12 — Kevin Durant
The USA men’s basketball team entered the final day of the 2012 Olympic Games with a perfect 7-0 record, but despite their dominating performance up to that point, a loss to Spain in Sunday’s final would still make their visit to London an epic failure. With all of that pressure staring them in the face, [...]
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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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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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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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Watch Olympic Gold Medalist Dan O’Brien Fall Off Chair During Interview On NBC (Video)
Remember Dan O’Brien? He and fellow U.S. Decathlete Dave Johnson were part of this massive Reebok ad-campaign leading up to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The campaign was called “Dan & Dave,” and it tried to use the two rivals and medal-favorites to spike interest in both the decathlon, and Reebok, of course. The [...]
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Brazilian Soccer Fans Take On The Cops (Video)
Brazilian soccer fans can be quite the passionate bunch. In the past they have made it clear that they will do just about anything in order to watch their team win, including busting down giant walls and even murdering one another. It should therefore come as no surprise to see this group of Brazilian fans [...]
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Police Officer Destroys Field Intruder During USA-Brazil Friendly (Video)
The act of field intruding during a sporting event will often end in one of two ways. Either the trespassing individual will make an incredible escape, or they will suffer the pain of being jacked up by an on-duty police officer or security guard. More often than not we are treated to the latter, as [...]
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Lolo Jones Is The Hottest Virgin At The 2012 Summer Olympics (Pics & Video)
The London Olympic Committee will be providing athletes at this year’s Summer Games with 150,000 condoms. Chances are not one of those condoms will be used by American sprinter Lolo Jones. And it isn’t because she doesn’t practice safe sex. In fact, Lolo happens to practice the safest form of sex: celibacy. During a recent [...]
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Ricky Rubio To Kobe Bryant: USA Will Win Silver At The London Games (Video)
Kobe Bryant is one of the best trash-talkers in the NBA at the moment, but it appears as though he may have met his match, as he and the Timberwolves rookie guard, Ricky Rubio, exchanged words in the locker room area following their game Sunday night. While Rubio was busy catching up with fellow Spaniard [...]
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Alex Morgan Scored An Incredible Goal Last Night (Video)
Most Americans will remember Alex Morgan for her goals in the semi-finals and finals off the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup (as well as her stunning good looks), but the skill displayed during each of those two goals pales in comparison to the one she scored on Sunday in a Women’s Professional Soccer match between [...]
