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The Olympic Cauldron Had To Be Relit
Traditionally, the cauldron burns for the entirety of the games. London had other ideas. This is the Olympic cauldron on Friday night. Seven young athletes lit it while an estimated one billion people...
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French Ads Mercilessly Mock Athletic Prowess Of Brits
Official Olympics ads. NSFW, if statue testicles are a problem. Eurostar is a high-speed rail service connecting Paris with London (and Brussels). The company has a history of mocking the English in...
View ArticleSamuel L. Jackson Is The Only Person You Need To Follow During The Olympics
Samuel L. Jackson was watching the Olympics all weekend. He has an infinite number of ways to spell “motherfucker” and he's not afraid to use them. Try reading these in his voice. He's patriotic View...
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Olympic Bid Reshaped New York City Too, Doctoroff Writes
In an email to former aides at NYC2012, the architect of the failed U.S. bid mulls what might have been, and declares victory anyway. “No city has ever benefited so much from trying.” Right now, the...
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London's Goofy Mayor Likened Women Volleyballers To "Glistening Wet Otters"
Boris Johnson, this is kind of a weird look. London Mayor Boris Johnson's goofiness is well established, but this is next-level. In an editorial for The Telegraph called "Here’s 20 jolly good reasons...
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Tom Daley Is More Than Just An Olympic Diver
He's also a great pants-taker-offer. The British diver tweeted this yesterday: And here he is doing it again in video form, and surprise! It's a speedo he reveals. View Entire List ›
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Poignant Images Of Crying Olympians
Whether celebrating one of the greatest victories of their lives, mourning one of the greatest disappointments, or simply being overwhelmed by the moment, these images embody the power of the...
View ArticleAustralia's Insane Half-Court Buzzer Beater To Take France To Overtime
Wow. Sure, France ended up pulling off the win in overtime, but what a play. View Video ›
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10 Photos Of Cameron Van Der Burgh In The Pool After His Race
Cameron — the South African swimmer — won the 100m breaststroke while also breaking the world record time for it, then looked adorable hanging in the pool. Also he is my new favorite Olympian....
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The Proto-Olympics: Mongolia's Weird, Inspiring "Three Games Of Men"
Strange sports are worth celebrating, and not (just) because they're funny. Image by PETER PARKS / Getty Images Strange sports are usually very hard to find these days: the ratings indicate that we,...
View ArticleWatch NBC's Controversial Gymnastics Interview
As NBC interviewed surprise Women's All-Around Gymnastics qualifier Aly Raisman, the shot was framed so that the heartbroken Jordyn Wieber (whom Aly's victory displaced) was juxtaposed in the...
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The 21 Most Terrifying Faces Of Olympic Swimming
I'm sorry, but there's just something about photos of swimmers in action that make them look like aliens, merpeople, and sea monsters. Don't click if you're afraid of water and/or drowning!...
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The Many Emotions Of Michelle Obama Watching Olympic Basketball
So many feelings. The pictures are from the preliminary round basketball match between the U.S. and France. Image by LUKE MACGREGOR / Reuters
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And Here's The Dodgiest Fake Olympics Ad (So Far)
For The Athlete's Foot. English marketing website The Drum is holding a "Fauxlympics" ad contest, partly in response to the rigid legal crackdown on brands producing any advertising that's even...
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25 Olympians Staring Longingly At Ping Pong Balls
It's a well known fact that the best time for asking life's greatest questions is while playing table tennis. "Are we alone in the Universe?" Image by SAEED KHAN / Getty Images "Why are there no 'B'...
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10 GIFs Of Male Gymnasts Being Superhuman
As far as athletes go, I'm not sure it gets more impressive than this. No big deal, just being a propeller. His day job is working as a cannonball. Rings: "Why oh why have you forsaken us?" Gymnast:...
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An Olympic Fencer Refuses To Leave The Floor After Getting Screwed
In the match that would decide who would fence for the gold, Germany's Britta Heidemann landed a match-clinching touch. But was it in time? South Korea's Shin A Lam didn't think so. So she refused to...
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33 Things To Love About Men's Water Polo
What a beautiful sport. Serbia. Image by LASZLO BALOGH / Reuters The United States. Via: clusports.com Romania. Image by LASZLO BALOGH / Reuters Hungary. Image by LASZLO BALOGH / Reuters View Entire...
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A History Of High-Performance Olympic Uniforms
We've come a long way from t-shirts and shorts. In The Beginning, There Was Cotton Hurdlers at the 1908 Games. Source: i4.mirror.co.uk When Thomas Burke won the first Olympic 100-meter dash in 1896,...
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Ten Bizarre Sports The Olympics Should Add
Sure, at the Olympics you can see sports like handball, trampoline and race walking, but even those sports don't compare to some of the fantastic and strange sports of the world. Here are ten sports...
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