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Should there be Team Scoring for Track and Field at the Olympics?
by carabyrd
posted August 20, 2012 at 8:08pm

I have been absolutely lost at what to do know without the Olympics in my life. I know I will go back and begin following the Diamond League meets and any other European meets until cross country season and fall marathons roll around. This year the Olympi...more

Getting There: The Olympics
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 20, 2012 at 8:36am

Laura is back with one more guest post about the Olympics. She lives south of London and attended many events. We asked her to give us the inside scoop on what it was like for spectators at a variety of venues. Thanks, Laura! Hundreds of thousands of peo...more

The Olympics was a Non-Event
by The Rabbit Hole
posted August 20, 2012 at 8:22am

we, at the height of reality - and with information at its peak - no longer know whether anything has taken place or not...  - Jean Baudrillard, The Vital Illusion Photo from SWF Kits. "When watching London Olympics 2012 in real-time, audiences can ...more

US Women's National Soccer Team as Role Models
by Women in Sport International
posted August 18, 2012 at 7:39am

Tweet US Women's National Soccer Team as Role Models By Felicity Hawksley, Twitter: @thesportscarton, Personal Blog: http://stackpolesspin.wordpress.com/ A lot of people dubbed it the women's Olympics.  Thanks, but I don't think it'll be that unti...more

Kohistani aims to inspire Afghan girls
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 17, 2012 at 10:12pm

Female runner part of the team that returned to red carpet welcome in Kabul Kabul: The first Afghan female to compete at an Olympics Games hopes to act as inspiration to other women in her country.Tahmina Kohistani, the 23-year-old runner, may not have wo...more

Softball and Baseball were Missed in London
by Women in Sport International
posted August 16, 2012 at 5:24pm

We received this press release that is worth sharing about women's softball being missed in London. I would add to it that men's baseball was also missed. We would like to see both women's and men's softball, along with women's and men's baseball ad...more

NBC’s Coverage of Olympic Track and Field
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted August 16, 2012 at 7:24am

I told everyone I knew who cares even the slightest about sports or my hometown of Toledo that it was happening at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, August 7. It was the men’s high jump final, and Toledoan Erik Kynard, an alumni of my junior high and who spent h...more

Overall thoughts on the Games and future plans?
by Pretty Strong
posted August 15, 2012 at 9:17am

I feel like my training leading up to the Games was almost as the best it could have been. I was injury free and hit PR's. I was upgraded to first class so I acclimated well. My training there went according to plan. My warm ups were perfectly timed and M...more

Tamika Catchings caught in a rare Olympic moment in Team USA women's basketball photo
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted August 15, 2012 at 9:13am

You don't get any better than Team USA's women's basketball team. The 12 players upheld a winning streak dating back to 1992 when the Americans won bronze in Barcelona. The 8-0 finish at the London Olympic Games brought the total to 41 consecutive wins, f...more

Assessing Team USA’s Track & Field Performance
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted August 15, 2012 at 8:59am

As no doubt you already know, the U.S. Olympic track and field team took home 29 medals. This was only one medal short of the audacious goal set by former USA Track and Field CEO Doug Logan as part of “Project 30″, a major overhaul of the org...more

London 2012: Candace Parker Headlines All-Olympic Team Awards
by Swish Appeal
posted August 14, 2012 at 1:32pm

Following the culmination of the 2012 Olympic Games, eurobasket.com released their All-Olympic awards yesterday. Here's a look at who they thought the top performers were - Most Valuable Player: Candace Parker, USA - Parker helped propel the United S...more

Olympics – The All-Curren Team: Trying To Pick The Best 18 Not Easy
by All White Kit
posted August 14, 2012 at 9:05am

  Well, here we are again, the end of another major women’s tournament, and time again for the AWK All-Curren Team. I call it that not out of a massive ego, but to indicate that it is indeed my choices and opinions. I point that out up front b...more

On USA Coach Geno Auriemma Calling France's Celine Dumerc 'The Most Impactful Player' In The 2012 Olympic Tournament
by Swish Appeal
posted August 14, 2012 at 8:59am

It's always weird to focus on the loser in a sports contest, especially when the loser gets blown out 86-50 in a gold medal game by an opposing country that has won 41 straight games and 5 consecutive gold medals. But it's hard to disagree with USA hea...more

Random Olympic Track & Field thoughts…
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted August 14, 2012 at 8:56am

Various things that popped into my head over the course of the last two weeks… The real star of the Olympic track and field competition wasn’t the electrifying Usain Bolt, the possibly-to-be-knighted Mo Farah, Jess Ennis, David Rudisha, or a...more

London 2012: The Knee Story
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted August 14, 2012 at 8:49am

First of all, London 2012 has been a really good experience.  I knew what to expect this time around, from being bombarded by emails from team managers, to receiving an overwhelming amount of new gear and having to find a way to get it home (thanks, ...more

2012 Female Combat Sports at the Olympics Recap
by Wombat Sports
posted August 14, 2012 at 8:42am

Women’s Boxing Olympians Courtesy – Sarah Deming/Huffington Post The present and future of women’s combat sports coverage on London for two weeks, and proved a strong state of women athletes. Women’s boxing came to wh...more

"United We Stand"... no honor among bigots.
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 13, 2012 at 8:49pm

By: Shireen AHMEDThese Olympic Games have been hailed a success and triumph for women in sports. For the first time, every participating country has entered females athletes, including Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia.During the last 2 weeks, women's sporting...more

American female exceptionalism at the Olympics
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted August 13, 2012 at 3:19pm

  Keeping tabs on which country is “winning” the Olympics — and we know which country this is — is one of the most jingoistic activities of an already jingoistic event, at least what is presented to American viewers. Much ha...more

Muslim and Arab Women at the Olympics: Gold Medal or Headscarf?
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 13, 2012 at 10:03am

By Manfred Sing With the world celebrating the arrival of two headscarf-wearing athletes at the Olympics, does their participation mark another step along the road towards emancipation? In actual fact, Muslim athletes have been successful at the Oly...more

An Olympic first for Muslim women? Not really
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 13, 2012 at 9:58am

BY: EVA SAJOOVANCOUVER, BC, Aug 12, 2012/ Troy Media/ – In the wake of the 2012 Olympics, there are a lot of firsts to reflect on. It is the first time since 1904 that Canada won a medal in soccer (thanks to our women’s team), the first time ...more

Top style statements of the London games
by A Glam Slam
posted August 13, 2012 at 7:56am

Olympic style has been an integral part of the London Games. The fashion chatter began long before the competition and has remained a buzzed about topic throughout. From Opening Ceremony looks to team uniforms, the London Games have put national refi...more

Paige McPherson Wins Bronze in Taekwondo – Team USA Wins 6 Combat Medals Overall
by Wombat Sports
posted August 13, 2012 at 7:47am

McPherson Courtesy Getty Images Team USA’s Paige McPherson came to fight, and got to stand on the Olympic medals podium for her efforts. The 21 year old from South Dakota won 8-3 in the 67 kg Taekwondo bronze medal final over Franka Anić of Slo...more

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