Olympic Viewers Have a New Reason to Complain, and the Means to Do It

New York Tim

I don't know what you thought about the opening ceremony of the “Games Of The 30th Olympiad Of The Modern Era,” but I watched it from seat 5D on JetBlue Flt 676 from LAX to JFK and, for me, it lacked some of the grandeur I was expecting. Not to worry. A big part of [...]

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Alex Morgan leads US women's soccer team into match against Colombia

OregonLive.c

If the name Alex Morgan hasn't been brought to your attention yet, you probably aren't a fan of soccer. The American sensation, who originally put herself in the spotlight last summer at the 2011 World Cup, had a sensational next 12 months in which she Alex Morgan wasn't even a starter last year when the [...]

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Ticket backlash overshadows Olympic Games

Yahoo! Sport

Night 2 of the NBC 2012 London Primetime coverage for our West Coast readers. The outburst can have a negative effect on Solo as the 2012 Olympic Games continue. By lashing out at a commentator, she seems to come across a little self-conscious and defensive about her weaknesses. She went on to tweet that it [...]

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Olympics 2012 Schedule: Early-Round Basketball Matchups You Can't Miss

Bleacher Rep

Day three of the 2012 Olympic Summer Games in London features a new slate of preliminary swimming heats and semis, as well as four more individual event finals. Here's a look at the events on the schedule, and some of the athletes vying for gold. The swimming events at the 2012 Olympics got off to [...]

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Tim Berners-Lee and UK High Court Show Tweets Important, But Not Actually …

Forbes

Proving that the internet is truly a part of great world events, father of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee made an appearance at the opening ceremony of this year's Olympic Games in London. The man, known as the inventor of the web, also Even if it you weren't tuned in to a live [...]

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NBC gets Twitter backlash over Olympics, but record TV audience

Reuters

Billy Gallagher is a writer for TechCrunch. He is also the president and editor in chief of The Stanford Daily. Billy previously worked at The Stanford Daily for two volumes as a managing editor of news. He has also worked in UPDATE, 1:13 PM: The first night of competition in the Olympics in London (8:30-11:28 [...]

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London Olympics: Spirit of 'Chariots of Fire' echoes among hosts of 2012 Games

Washington P

L'Osservatore Romano ran an op-ed piece by the British ambassador to the Holy See on his family connection to Eric Liddell, an Olympian famously depicted in the 1981 film "Chariots of Fire." Ambassador Nigel Baker recalled how his great Or the companion “Chariots of Fire” stage play now showing at the Gielgud Theater in London, [...]

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Reuters Olympics Schedule at 0001 GMT on Monday, July 30

Reuters

Most of us are busy with life and don't have time to sit and watch all of the Olympic Games. I grab a schedule of the events with day and time so you can plan to watch it when you have time. I like Basketball and swimming so I Most of us are busy with [...]

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Matt Gagne: American gymnast John Orozco's unique journey to all-around

SI.com

Danell Leyva and John Orozco proved that they can compete with the best gymnasts on the biggest world stage. Leyva's performance was nothing short of domina. By Jason Carroll and Vivienne Foley, CNN New York (CNN) — John Orozco won his first medal in gymnastics when he was 9. But he didn't hold onto that [...]

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Body critics got to me, says Shawn Johnson

Reuters

Shawn Johnson, the Olympic gold medalist gymnast from West Des Moines, will compete as part of a 13-member “all-star” cast on the ABC television show “Dan. Shawn Johnson will not be competing, but she is still cute, so she earns a place at The Eye. Posted by Jamie Jeffords at 1:37 PM · Email ThisBlogThis!Share [...]

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