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Carli Lloyd Scores Two Goals as US Women Beat Japan 2-1 To Win Olympic Soccer Gold

Joe Student — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 21:22:39 +0000

Carli Lloyd scored two goals as the United States women’s soccer team beat Japan, 2-1, to win the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Thursday night in London. The US victory avenged the Americans’ loss to the Japanese team on penalty kicks in the Women’s World Cup last summer. A Wembley Stadium crowd [...]

'Furious Pete' Consumes Michael Phelps' 12,000 Calorie Diet In One Sitting

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:16:23 +0000

To help fuel his way to a record Olympic 18 gold medals, swimmer Michael Phelps eats over 12,000 calories a day while training and competing. Presumably, Phelps doesn’t wolf down all of these calories in one sitting.

Furious Pete, a competitive eater and YouTube personality, most certainly did consume over 12,000 calories in one giant meal.

US Gymnast Gabby Douglas Makes History Winning Olympic Gold in Women's All-Around

Shauna Wright — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:18:41 +0000

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.

Olympic Divers on the Toilet Get the Meme Treatment

Hannah Gutenplan — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:49:39 +0000

As you may have seen on TheFW earlier this week, divers look hilarious while diving. From far away their form may look lovely, their water entrance precise. But just look a little closer and you’ll see what we see — the absolutely ridiculous faces divers make in the air.

After sharing our findings with you, we saw that Reddit picked up on it and made it just a little bit better. Take a look at the Photoshopped Olympic divers making funny faces – while on the toilet.

The 10 Best Olympics Movies

Matthew Roulette — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 21:22:12 +0000

Universal/20th Century Fox/Walt Disney

Like most of the world, you're probably glued to the 2012 Olympic games. However, when you're stricken by a few hours of Olympic blackout, there's only one way to get your fix. That is, watch these 10 films about Olympic Games of years

10 Reasons You Have No Chance of Winning a Gold Medal — The Funnies

Jo Pincushion — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:57:36 +0000

The Olympics are finally here and you’re watching in anticipation. You love the coverage of every Olympic event, and you find yourself running home after work to watch Michael Phelps splish splash his way to victory. The floor routines in female gymnastics leave you giddy, while the volleyball coverage makes you squirm with delight.

Eight Badminton Players Disqualified from the Olympics for Intentionally Losing Matches

Mike Adams — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:17:41 +0000

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 Badminton World Federation announced that eight female badminton players were barred from the [...]

Do You Dream About Being an Olympic Athlete? Well Here's Your Chance

Kacy Collins — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:34:10 +0000

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

Scotty McCreery Rooting for Olympic Swimmer Missy Franklin

Sterling Whitaker — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:00:40 +0000

Like the rest of America — okay, the world — country’s own Scotty McCreery is currently entranced by the 2012 Olympic Games. And it seems he’s got his eye on one gold medalist swimmer in particular. Using his Twitter account as a platform, McCreery has come out in full support of Olympian Missy Franklin.

Michael Phelps Shatters Olympics Record with 19th Career Medal

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:47:37 +0000

Michael Phelps has managed to swim into history. Phelps set the record for most Olympic medals won by an individual when he picked up his 19th on Tuesday by leading the US to a gold in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay in London. It was the first gold medal of these Games for Phelps. Phelps has [...]

How Much Are Olympic Medals Actually Worth?

Shauna Wright — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 18:08:34 +0000

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.

13 Ridiculous Olympic Events We'd Like to See — The Funnies

Townsquare Staff — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:00:09 +0000

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).