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The US Women Win Gold In Team Gymnastics After The Russians Implode

The heavily favored U.S. women's gymnastics team just won gold in the team competition. They edged out Russia, who collapsed in the final rotation. The U.S. team started off brilliantly on vault, but...

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The US Men's Basketball Team Is Expected To Win By More Than 50 Points Today

The U.S. Men's Basketball Team will face Tunisia today in what should be a one-sided affair. In fact, the Vegas oddsmakers have made Team USA a whopping 53.5 point favorite. Just how big is 53.5 points...

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NBC Has Finally Fixed Their Olympics Live-Streaming Problems That You Caused

Below is a look at one of my computer monitors (click on image for a larger version) with six different Olympic events being live-streamed without any trouble. I could probably open a few more on the...

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After A Firestorm Of Criticism, Twitter Reinstates The Account Of The...

Twitter wanted to be part of the story of this year's Olympics in London through its partnership with NBC. It got its wish—but for the wrong reasons. It just restored the account of Guy Adams, the LA...

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Here's The Fantastic Point That Ended The Longest Tennis Match In Olympic...

Jo-Willy Tsonga won a marathon match against Milos Raonic today at Wimbledon. The final set was 25-23, and it ended with this appropriately great point. It was a marathon, with Raonic barely able to...

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NBC Chairman On Olympics Coverage: 'It's Not Everyone's Inalienable Right To...

Sports Business Journal's John Ourand spoke with NBC Sports Chairman Mark Lazarus about the network's decision to tape delay some of the biggest events for primetime broadcast. And it seems Lazarus is...

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Here's What The Olympic Committee Did With The $1.2 Billion NBC Paid To...

NBC paid the International Olympic Committee a record $1.18 billion for the U.S. broadcast rights to the 2012 London Games and $4.38 billion for the four Olympics from 2014-2020. What does the IOC do...

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Michael Phelps Gets Chased Down On The Final Turn Of The 200-Meter Butterfly

Michael Phelps just won the silver medal in the 200-meter butterfly. This gives Phelps 18 medals in his Olympic career, tying the all-time medal record. Here's video of him getting chased down in the...

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SPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: The Controversial 16-Year Old Chinese Swimmer's Time...

There is still buzz at the Olympics surrounding the world record setting performance by 16-year old Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen, which led to one swimming coach making comparisons to past doping cases....

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Watch American Allison Schmitt Set An Olympic Record In The 200-Meter Freestyle

American Allison Schmitt just won gold in the women's 200-meter freestyle with an Olympic record time of 1:53.61. This is Schmitt's third medal of the 2012 London games after taking silver in the...

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Michael Phelps Sets All-Time Olympic Record With 19 Career Medals

By winning gold in the 4x200-meter men's relay Michael Phelps set the record for most career medals in Olympic history with 19. Phelps surpasses Russian gymnast Larissa Latynina who previously held the...

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Controversial 16-Year-Old Swimmer Ye Shiwen Wins Another Gold Medal In...

Ye Shiwen won again today, setting an Olympic record in the 200m IM en route to her second gold medal of the games. Earlier this week, Yi swan a ridiculously fast final 50m of the 400m IM, prompting...

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See How Michael Phelps Was Edged Out In The Final 10 Meters Of The 200 Meter...

Michael Phelps just barely missed winning gold in his signature event, the 200 meter butterfly, as Chad Le Clos chased Phelps down and out-touched him at the end of the pool.  Le Clos was able to beat...

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Here's Why Olympic Badminton Is Nothing Like The Kind You Play In Your Backyard

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Watch The Russian Gymnastics Team Completely Blow It And Hand The US An...

The Russians hung around a close second to the USA in Tuesday's gymnastics team final, only down 0.4 points at the halfway point. But the Americans were able to pull ahead and keep the lead for good...

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18 Things Gamblers Think Will Happen In The Future

With the rise of online betting, you can find the odds on pretty much everything. Therefore the odds, which are determined by bookies based on market demand or generated by bettors themselves, provide...

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Kobe Bryant Autographs Opponents Shoe After Destroying Him On The Court

The U.S. Men's Basketball Team beat Tunisia by 47 points this afternoon. And as the only country in the tournament without an NBA player, you can imagine the Tunisians were a bit starstruck. And yet,...

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Usain Bolt May Have His Eyes Set On A New Career As A Soccer Player

In one scene of a documentary for BBC called "Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive," Bolt is seen playing a pick-up soccer game and openly pleading with Alex Ferguson, manager of Manchester United, for a...

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The Godfather Of US Gymnastics Calls McKayla Maroney's Vault The Best Ever In...

Charismatic USA gymnastics honcho Bela Karolyi went on NBC this morning to discuss McKayla Maroney's superb vault in yesterday's women's gymnastics team final. In typical Bela fashion, he called it the...

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US Swimmer Lauren Perdue Turned Down LeBron's Dinner Proposal Because She Had...

The USA Basketball squad took a stroll through the Olympic village to meet the other athletes last week before the games got going. At one point, the guys met members of the US swim team. Lauren Perdue...

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