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  • Excellent Opening Ceremony, On With the Olympics

    This wasn’t the martial order of Beijing, but rather a fantastic blend of everything Danny Boyle thought was worthy from British culture and then some, making the London Olympic games a success, at least on the first day, going by the brilliant (yet a bit long) opening ceremony.

  • 10 Nations With the Most Summer Olympics Gold Medals Ever

    Team USA are sending more athletes than anyone else except for the host nation, and by far have more gold medals than any other nation in Summer Olympics history with 929. They are followed by Germany (247), Great Britain (207), France & Italy (191), China, Hungary, Sweden, Australia and Japan. Expect the Americans to lead the medal charts once again, followed by China, Russia and probably the British.

  • London 2012 – 10 Nations Sending the Most Athletes to the Olympics

    An estimated 10,500 athletes will participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, with the host nation, Great Britian, sending 541 athletes to the games, more than anyone else, with Cyclist and four-time gold medal winner Chris Hoy as the flag bearer, followed by the United States (530, Mariel Zagunis), Russia (436, Maria Sharapova), Germany (391, Natascha Keller), China, France, Japan, Italy, Spain and Canada as the nations sending in the most athletes to London 2012.

  • London 2012 – Dream Team Can’t Be Beat en route to Gold

    In what was supposed to be Team USA’s hardest and sternest test before beginning the real deal, the 2012 Olympic basketball tournament, the Americans cruised to a 100-78 victory over Spain, led by LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony in another game that showed everything that makes up for the noticeable deficiencies the 2012 dream team has.

  • USA Women’s Olympic Team Sing Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus

    Girls just want to have fun, and it’s great to see athletes having fun instead of taking it serious all the time. The USA’s Women’s soccer team tend to be one of the more fun-to-watch sides in the world, on and off the field, this time showing their imitations skills by dancing around to ‘Party in the USA’ by Miley Cyrus.

  • The Venues of the 2012 Olympic Games in London

    We’re a few days away from the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic games in London, which will be held at the newly built Olympic Stadium, which many hope will not become what the Bird’s Nest in Beijing has become, like most of the venues from the 2008 Olympics. But there’s more to these games than just the Olympic Stadium, with 30 stadiums, arenas and others used to host the competitions and the fans.

  • Dream Team 2012 – Kevin Durant is Here too

    Although the player getting most of the attention in this version of the dream team is undoubtedly LeBron James, there’s someone just as good behind the all conquering undisputed MVP of the NBA, Kevin Durant. Against Argentina, in the USA’s toughest exhibition test yet, it was the deputy to the NBA’s best player who carried the star studded team on his back.

  • London 2012 – LeBron James is the Dream Team Leader

    Back in 2008, despite all the young stars, it was Kobe Bryant who took team USA on his back in the final against Spain. This time, LeBron James showed that 2012 might be his turn to lead the Dream Team if things get a little tight, like they did in the exhibition game against Brazil.

  • 2012 Olympics – Kevin Durant Doesn’t Like Seeing LeBron James

    It’s been three weeks since the Oklahoma City Thunder lost to the Miami Heat in game 5 of the NBA finals, and Kevin Durant is now practicing with LeBron James, preparing with the 2012 version of the USA dream team, heading into the Olympic Games in London. Needless to say, he finds the whole situation a bit… weird.

  • London 2012 – Best Over age Players in the Olympic Football Tournament

    The football tournament in every Summer Olympic games is about the young players, but each nation is allowed three that are over the age of 23. As usual, the biggest names in the tournament, like Ryan Giggs, Juan Mata, Luis Suarez, Thiago Silva, Hulk and Edinson Cavani, are among the veterans in the tournament. Great […]