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NBA Players With 2 Olympic Gold Medals

Posted on 14 Aug, 2012, by in Featured

The gold medal won by Team USA after a 8-0 sweep of the competition added Carmelo Anthony, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Paul and Deron Williams to the list of NBA players who have won two Olympic gold medals, joining Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, Gary Payton, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullin, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Jason Kidd and John Stockton. More

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The Value of Winning Olympic Gold Around the World (Infographic)

Posted on 14 Aug, 2012, by in Miscellaneous

Winning an Olympic gold medal isn’t enough these days. Cashing in on that Olympic gold medal is the real art, but it has a lot to do with the country that you represent. The United States, winning more gold (46) and medals (104) than any other nation actually is only fourth on the pay list because of the different payouts handed out by each government. More

Matt Grevers, Brendan Hansen, Michael Phelps and Nathan Adrian

Final Medal Count of the 2012 Summer Olympics

Posted on 13 Aug, 2012, by in Other Sport

Who won the 2012 Olympics? No real answer, but the United States, again, won more medals than anyone else, beating China to the top spot in the overall rankings and the gold medal count, but Great Britain, the hosts, had a sensational two weeks. In total, 85 nations won an Olympic medal, including a first ever medal for Bahrain, Montenegro, Guatemala, Gabon, Cyprus, Botswana and Grenada. More

Athletes With the Most Olympic Gold Medals in History

Posted on 20 Feb, 2012, by in Featured

Michael Phelps stands alone on the top of Olympic Gold Medal winners with 14 and a total of 16 (two bronze), going for more in the up and coming 2012 Olympic games. He leads a list of 11 athletes who have won at least 8 Gold Medals, including fellow swimmers Mark Spitz, Jenny Thompson and Matt Biondi. More