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Wondering How to Make the US Olympic Team in 2016?
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 12, 2012 at 6:31pm

With the world focused on the 2012 London Olympic games, now might be a good time to think about how you can make it to Rio in 2016 (Ha!). Becoming an Olympian is obviously an incredibly difficult feat to accomplish, but an athlete’s odds of making ...more

Olympic Swimming Wrap-Up
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 12, 2012 at 6:29pm

Here’s guest blogger Jill’s wrap-up from the Olympic pool. We’re happy to report Jill has agreed to join us as a contributor. She is looking forward to football season. (And so are we!) Sadly, Olympic swimming is now over and this will ...more

Post-Olympic Track and Field Viewing
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted August 12, 2012 at 4:40pm

The Olympics may officially still be going on right now, but as far as I’m concerned they are over after the men’s marathon. Track junkies want to know, how will I get my fix? There’s actually a pretty good amount of stuff coming up. ...more

AWK’s 2012 NCAA Soccer Preview – UCF – Cromwell’s Side Hoping To Build On 2011 NCAA Tournament Heroics
by All White Kit
posted August 12, 2012 at 4:36pm

  Marissa Diggs Anchors A Tough UCF Defense in 2012 Preview Index General | Conference Realignment Breakdown | Final 2012 Recruiting Class Rankings | Early 2013/2014 Recruiting Class Rankings | Coaching Changes | AWK Awards Shortlist | AWK Prese...more

Video: The U.S. women's basketball team receiving their gold medals after beating France in the...
by Swish Appeal
posted August 12, 2012 at 6:57am

Video: The U.S. women's basketball team receiving their gold medals after beating France in the 2012 London Olympics. ...more

What USA Women's Basketball's Defense Did To France In The Third Quarter Of The 2012 Olympic Final
by Swish Appeal
posted August 12, 2012 at 6:51am

During the third quarter of the USA women's basketball team's 86-50 win in the 2012 Olympic final, BBC commentator John Amaechi said of France's offensive performance, "Their scoring has gone from anemic to…something worse than that." But was th...more

Michael Phelps: The Greatest Olympian Ever…Or Not
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 12, 2012 at 6:48am

To say that I’ve been disappointed with NBC’s coverage of this year’s Olympic games is…well, it’s a huge understatement. There have been so many moments that left me confused, outraged, and overall disappointed. One of the ...more

London 2012: United States Women Dominate France For Fifth-Straight Gold Medal
by Swish Appeal
posted August 12, 2012 at 6:46am

The United States women's basketball team completed their "Drive for Five" in resounding fashion, dismantling France 86-50 in today's gold medal game. This marks the first women's Olympic team in any sport to claim a streak of five consecutive gold meda...more

First Muslim Woman to Officiate at Olympic Games
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 11, 2012 at 11:24pm

Jimmy Gollen (AP Sports Writer)LONDON (AP) -- The dancers are dressed to titillate, and the players wear even less: bikinis that reveal every movement of their muscles as they dig and dive for the ball.Amina El Sergany does not need a referee's platform t...more

Why I Love the Olympics
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 11, 2012 at 11:20pm

Please welcome Shannon, our most recent Olympics guest blogger. Shannon is a 30 year-old librarian who lives in Pittsburgh. She loves Pittsburgh sports and the Olympics and has always names her fantasy football team Dewey’s Decimators. She...more

USA Women's Basketball Vs. France Preview: Three Keys For The 2012 Olympic Final
by Swish Appeal
posted August 11, 2012 at 12:45pm

As French guard Edwige Lawson-Wade said in an article by Reuters reporter Larry Fine after her team beat Russia to advance to the gold medal game in the 2012 Olympics, "To beat the USA you have to do the perfect game. Perfect in defence, perfect in offe...more

Turkey's Nur Tatar wins Olympic taekwondo silver medal
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 11, 2012 at 10:17am

South Korean Hwang Kyung-seon defended her Olympic taekwondo title by beating Turkey's Nur Tatar in the welterweight division at the London Games on Friday.Tatar's advance to final face-off brought Turkey's second silver in the Olympics.Hwang had vowed to...more

Tunisian Silver Medalist fueling Political Movement withher "underpants"
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 11, 2012 at 10:09am

During these Olympic Games in London, there has been a lot of discussion regarding covered female athletes.Much has been seen and heard of Wojdan Shaherkani and Sattar Attar, and their historic roles as the first to female athletes to represent the Kingdo...more

USA Women's Basketball Vs. Australia: Tina Charles, Asjha Jones & The Five Minutes That Changed The Game
by Swish Appeal
posted August 11, 2012 at 10:05am

Down one point to Australia with 3:12 left in the third quarter, USA coach Geno Auriemma made his first wave of subs reinserting Connecticut Sun center Tina Charles into the game along with Seimone Augustus and (about 20 seconds later) Lindsay Whalen in...more

Gender & the Olympics: A Commentary
by One Sport Voice
posted August 11, 2012 at 9:59am

I wrote about three significant trends pertaining to females and the Olympics for Minnesota Public Radio. Namely I wrote 2012 has marked the 40th anniversary of title IX in the US, female Olympians outnumbers their male counterparts for the USOC, and wome...more

Teen Boxer Claressa Shields in the Olympic Record Books
by Pretty Tough
posted August 11, 2012 at 9:54am

Women’s boxing is new to the Summer Olympics in 2012 and 17-year-old U.S. boxer Claressa Shields carved her name in the record books as the first middleweight gold medalist by winning a 19-12 decision over Russia’s Nadezda Torlopova Thursday (...more

Olympic Track and Field Day 9 Preview
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted August 11, 2012 at 9:36am

Each day I’ll be doing a fairly extensive but “just the facts, ma’am” preview. For something a little more narrative, head on over to Flotrack. Some notes: names in gold, silver or bronze are the medal position predicted by Track ...more

Greatness Has Been Found
by Sports Girls Play
posted August 10, 2012 at 3:46pm

I’m sure by now you have seen Nike’s “Find Your Greatness” ad campaign – the one that celebrates everyday athletes. I happen to love the part showing the little boy getting up the courage to jump off the diving platform. And ...more

Olympic 5k & 1500 meter preview
by carabyrd
posted August 10, 2012 at 1:32pm

Today is a women’s distance fans dream with both the 5k and 1500 meter finals on the track. The start lists have been posted and the preliminaries are done. All that is left is for the athletes to run the race. Here is who to watch. 5,000 meters- T...more

Olympics – Gold Medal Match: U.S. Worthy Champions, But Japanese Teach Us In Defeat
by All White Kit
posted August 10, 2012 at 8:50am

  “The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.”   ...more

USA and France to play for the gold medal Saturday
by They're Playing Basketball
posted August 10, 2012 at 8:44am

After trailing at halftime of a close game, Team USA surged back in the third quarter of today's semifinal to put away Australia, 86-73. Three US players were in double figures, and Liz Cambage scored all of her team-high points for Australia in the first...more

Storm All-Star Lauren Jackson makes Olympic scoring history
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted August 10, 2012 at 8:40am

Storm All-Star Lauren Jackson waltzed into the history books on Tuesday. It just wasn't the mark she wanted to leave at the 2012 London Olympic Games. With a turnaround jumper in the fourth quarter of a win against China, the Australian set the all-time ...more

Female Muslim Olympians try to inspire, bring more progress
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 10, 2012 at 8:33am

By Shira SpringerLONDON — The slowest runner in the last women’s 800-meter heat brought the Olympic crowd to its feet Wednesday morning for a sustained ovation. As Sarah Attar sprinted toward the finish nearly 45 seconds behind the winner, the...more

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