US Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas won perhaps the most coveted title in her sport when she took the gold medal in the women’s all-around competition on Thursday in London, becoming the first African-American female gymnast to ever win individual Olympic gold.
We have all heard of boxers throwing a fight to make a big payday with the bookies, but now it appears as if badminton players are involved in the same racket — and it’s getting them tossed out of the Olympics.
The 2012 London Olympics are well underway now and it’s about that time when everyone begins to wonder to themselves, “why isn’t that me competing at Olympics?” Well unless you have been training since you where a new born your chance of making that team now are slim to none. But that doesn’t mean that we c
Olympic athletes often train for years in the hopes of someday getting a medal. But while the 4,700 medals currently being doled out in London are priceless to the athletes who win them, the actual value of the raw materials may be less than you think.
Gymnast Aly Raisman was one of the big stories of the opening weekend of the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games. The 18-year old from Needham, Ma. qualified for the all-around title, knocking teammate, world champion and best friend Jordyn Wieber out of the competition that Wieber would have been the favorite in.
But the most entertaining part of Raisman’s near flawless routine was her parents’ reaction to it.
The Olympics are about to begin in London. Sure, it’s a great gathering of the world’s most amazing athletes doing their thing, where competitors try to smash records quicker than you can say Zemfira Meftakhetdinova (seriously, that’s a real person going for the gold).
Guess who had a front row seat – sort of- at last night’s (July 27) opening ceremonies at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London? Keith Urban, that’s who.
One of my coworkers was actually at this game and testified as to how loud it was.
Four hours of makeup doesn't seem to have affected his shooting skills!
Kenny Chesney is no stranger to sports, so it only makes sense that he's in the new ESPN commercial, right? Too bad it doesn't work out so well for Steve Levy.
The Oklahoma City Thunder may have defeated the Los Angeles Lakers to advance to the NBA’s Western Conference finals, but the downtown scene took a turn for the dangerous.
