Gabby Douglas Could Bring in Millions of…
Liang Chow can sleep more easily now that his gymnastics star, Gabby Douglas, has captured gold medals in the team and individual all-around competitions at the London Olympics. And it appeared that he could use a little rest on Friday morning. Chow Gabrielle Douglas of the United States performs the floor exercise in the Artistic [...]
Read MoreAly Raisman: US Team Captain Will Leave London with Solo Floor Routine Gold
Sen. Scott Brown said Needham's Aly Raisman and other Olympians, whom he called American heroes, should be exempt from taxes. Aly Raisman got left off the podium in the individual all-around, but it shouldn't stop her from leaving London with an individual gold. Floor Routine is her best event and it's what she has qualified [...]
Read MoreWinning numbers drawn in 'Powerball' game
Mr. Lucky brings you the latest in Florida lottery news and happenings including winning numbers for Lottery, Powerball, Fantasy 5 and more. Powerball 19, 30, 48, 53, 55. Powerball 18. Friday. Daily 3 and 4. Midday 0 32 and 5 856. Evening 151 and 0 993. Keno 2, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 24, [...]
Read MoreRichard Deitsch: Daily Olympic Briefing: Aug. 5
LONDON (AP) — Before and after overcoming a sloppy start to his London Olympics, Usain Bolt raised his right index finger, as if to declare: "I'm No. 1!" Well, on this day, he was merely OK. Hardly dazzling after so much anticipation, Bolt was Usain Bolt. "I'm not one who loves the limelight, but sometimes [...]
Read MoreKayla Harrison
Harrison would nod, and when there were no more girls in front of 22-year-old Kayla Harrison, Pedro laughed about his mantra. “She heard that about 150 times today,” he said. Kayla Harrison didn't mind the challenge, or the repetition. She didn't mind Kayla Harrison has defeated Britain's Gemma Gibbons in the women's 78kg judo final. [...]
Read MoreJordyn Wieber and Aly Raisman: Their Chances for Gold in Olympic Floor Exercise
U.S. gymnast Jordyn Wieber performs on the floor during the women's team final at the 2012 Summer Olympics Tuesday in London. Though reigning world champion and now Olympic gold medalist Jordyn Wieber cites the Jordyn Wieber was wrongfully denied a slot in the individual all-around finals, and Aly Raisman was unfairly left off the all-around [...]
Read MoreLondon 2012 Track And Field Live Stream : Watch Olympics London 2012 …
It feels like I've been waiting forever, but at last it's time for track and field to join the London 2012 party. And if Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis deliver the performances the nation hopes of them, we could be in for one of the best Saturday nights we Track and field is famous based [...]
Read MoreUsain Bolt, ready to strike twice
With Olympic Stadium in a full roar, Jamaica's Usain Bolt won his heat in 10.09 seconds, a slow time for him, but he stumbled out of the blocks and then completely shut it down over the final 30 meters. LONDON — They didn't introduce Usain Bolt on Saturday at Olympic Stadium so much as anoint [...]
Read MoreOlympic Gymnastics 2012: Aly Raisman's Chances of Taking Individual Gold
The 2012 Summer Olympics women's gymnastics individual all-around competition was a fight to the finish amongst the top four women of the day — Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman of the United States and Victoria Komova VIDEO: Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman vied Thursday for medals in the all-around women's gymnastics competition at the Olympics. [...]
Read MoreCritics tweet about Gabby Douglas' hair
Outraged by the comments she read on Twitter and Facebook, Monisha Randolph wrote a passionate blog post defending Gabby and her hair for SportyAfros.com. Titled “The Gabby Douglas Hair Controversy Unwrapped,” the posting went viral and landed Type “Gabby Douglas” into Google, and the most dominant phrase is not “Gabby Douglas gold” or “Gabby Douglas [...]
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