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London 2012 Olympics: A Glance At A Pair Of Basketball Venues
by Swish Appeal
posted August 2, 2012 at 12:18pm

As I've been watching the Olympics and wondering a bit about the venues, I started thinking - hey, maybe you fine folks are doing the same. So here's some basic information about where the basketball is being played in this 2012 Olympics. There are two...more

USWNT: Making a Push Towards Gold
by Sarah Hallett
posted August 2, 2012 at 9:15am

The U.S. Women are seeking their third consecutive gold medal and hoping to continue to pick up fans along the way....more

Round three winners (Basketball)
by They're Playing Basketball
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:36am

Australia overcame Brazil, 67-61. In the process, Lauren Jackson became the second-leading scorer in Olympic history.Team USA beat Turkey, 89-58. Turkey kept it close until the third quarter, when the US ignited to close out the period on a 10-0 run. They...more

Olympics – Matchday 3: What We Learned – New Zealand 3:1 Cameroon
by All White Kit
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:32am

  Sometimes a smile can tell the whole story. As the final whistle blew, and New Zealand finally had a win at a major competition, the smiles told the story. After 14 straight games without a victory over more than two decades, all the hard work beh...more

Olympics – Matchday 3: What We Learned – Great Britain 1:0 Brazil
by All White Kit
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:28am

  Ironically, I got home today from camp and flipping through HBO, came across “Bend It Like Beckham”. I’m going to guess most of you have seen it, I happened to come in at the scene where a match is going on and some young men in ...more

Storm All-Star Lauren Jackson nearing all-time Olympic scoring record
by Jayda Evans: Womens Hoops Blog
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:25am

Lauren Jackson, a three-time WNBA MVP, needs 40 points to become the all-time leading scorer in Olympic women's basketball history. She scored 18 points with eight rebounds to help her native Australia defeat Brazil 67-61 on Wednesday. It's been reported...more

Olympics – Matchday 3: What We Learned – France 1:0 Colombia
by All White Kit
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:20am

  If you truly believe in France, your glass is half full heading into the quarterfinals. Sure, they had a meltdown against the United States, but they hadn’t faced an attack like that in forever and it was the first game of the tournament. Th...more

Olympics – Matchday 3: What We Learned – Canada 2:2 Sweden
by All White Kit
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:15am

  Canada scored only one goal (a consolation tally in their first game) at the World Cup last year, and their offense hadn’t shown too many signs of being respectable, yet alone explosive since John Herdman took over the helm from Carolina Mor...more

On the Scene At the Olympics: Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
by Draft Day Suit
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:12am

Please join me in welcoming a guest post from Laura, who was lucky enough to score tickets to the Olympic women’s gymnastics team competition yesterday. (Are you jealous? I am!) She has also forgotten more than I will ever know about gymnastics. Tha...more

Olympics – Matchday 3: What We Learned – Japan 0:0 South Africa
by All White Kit
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:07am

  Japan – which arguably plays the most beautiful women’s soccer in the world – was sluggish and clearly didn’t want to get out of about third gear against South Africa in their final group game. The match meant virtually not...more

London 2012 Women’s Olympic Boxing Matchups
by The Glowing Edge
posted August 2, 2012 at 8:04am

The draw is impartial, but it has created at least one tough pathway for a fighter who is in my Top 5 Women to Watch this year in London’s 2012 Olympic games. Queen Underwood is no stranger to a challenge, and she has her work cut out for her in ...more

Watch Marti Malloy’s Historic Run in Olympic Judo
by Wombat Sports
posted August 1, 2012 at 5:49pm

Courtesy Getty Images A very happy Marti Malloy took the medal stand Monday as she became the second American woman ever to medal in Judo. With a shiny new bronze medal around her neck, the 26 year old 126 pounder maybe heading to Brazil in 2012 to upg...more

Olympians tossed for trying to lose are signs of a bigger issue
by Sports, Media & Society
posted August 1, 2012 at 5:40pm

Throwing a match is considered one of the biggest taboos in sports. In fact that action is the opposite of sports, which is supposed to an honest and fair competition between entities. Well tell that to the eight female badminton players who were tossed ...more

Olympics 2012: Pregnant Malaysian misses out on rifle shooting final
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted August 1, 2012 at 5:33pm

Eight-months pregnant Malaysian athlete Nur Suryani Mohamad Taibi has failed to make it to the Olympic 10m air rifle shooting final.Suryani, 29, who is 33 weeks pregnant and is due to give birth on 13 September, finished in 34th position out of 56 competi...more

Olympic Games update #2
by Pretty Strong
posted August 1, 2012 at 3:39pm

I am loving it here. I've been here for 12 days now and it seems like everyone else thinks it's a long time. They say "When do you compete?" Like I should have competed already.  When I tell them I compete on the 5th, they say "Oh you still have a wa...more

My Personal Opinion (Kara Patterson's take on Rule 40)
by Kara Throws Javelin
posted August 1, 2012 at 2:54pm

I don't know how many of you who read my blog have heard about the Rule 40 drama going on around the Olympics, but I wanted to write a little something that explains my personal stance on the issue at hand.  I was nervous to take part in what felt li...more

Humble or Bold- Do Male and Female Olympic Athletes Respond Differently to Media?
by stephaniemp
posted August 1, 2012 at 1:36pm

They are calling this the Twitter Olympics because it seems that fans are taking to the web to chat about the competition, athletes and the media. It is wonderful to see so many people involved in such a great event. But it has taken some willpower to...more

Twitter Olympics
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted August 1, 2012 at 8:14am

Welcome to the Twitter-lympics. Wish C and R could say they coined the word, but a quick Google search shows a lot of other people are picking up that the most important story about the 2012 Olympics is the social micro-blogging site, Twitter. First, we h...more

Olympics – Matchday 3: What We Learned – United States 1:0 North Korea
by All White Kit
posted August 1, 2012 at 8:10am

  For those that don’t know – and I suspect most of you here may not – I spend most of the winter with my alter-ego writing about men’s college basketball for the Mid-majority. When creator and all-around fantastic writer Kyl...more

USA Women's Basketball Vs. Angola: Signs Of Improved 'Organization' In A Rout
by Swish Appeal
posted August 1, 2012 at 8:02am

Larry Fine of Reuters might have best summed up the U.S. women's basketball team's 90-38 win (box score) over Angola yesterday in writing, "It took a little while for the Americans to get in synch, but once they did the reigning four-times Olympic champio...more

Title IX Olympics?
by Title IX Blog
posted July 31, 2012 at 7:28pm

Several U.S. newspapers have been running this article, referring to the London Games as "the Title IX Olympics" -- a reference to the record participation by women worldwide.  It's a laudable milestone that this is the first Olympics to which every ...more

London 2012 Olympics: Saudi Arabian judo athlete will compete in hijab
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted July 31, 2012 at 5:09pm

 Wodjan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shahrkhani, 16, will compete in the +78kg judo category after Saudi Arabia's Olympic Committee reached an agreement with the International Judo Federation (IJF) following talks on Tuesday.Marius Vizer, the Austrian pres...more

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