Tag: Olympics

Olympics Drops Wrestling From Its Core Sports Lineup
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced its 25 "core sports" for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Notably absen...
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Double Gold Medalist James Cracknell Talks @ Google
In one of its recent @Google Talks, Google hosted rowing champion and double Olympic gold medalist James Cracknell and his wife, TV presenter Beverley Turner. The two talked about...
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Four Olympians Lose Medals Over Steroid Use
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that four athletes who competed in the 2004...
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Milt Campbell Dies at 78, First African-American Olympic Decathlon Winner
We mourn the loss of a historic figure in the life of sports (especially the Olympics) as we hear about the passing of Milt Campbell, who was the first African-American decathlo...
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Paralympic Games Begin Tomorrow in London
The 2012 Paralympic Games are set to kick off tomorrow evening in London. The 14th Paralympic Games will host around 4,200 athletes from 166 countries, including over 200 athletes...
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YouTube: 231 Million Total Olympic Streams, 500K+ Livestreams at Peak
Say what you want about the coverage of the 2012 London Olympics in the States (and I'm sure you have a lot to say), but YouTube and NBC's partnership accounted for a lot of stream...
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McKayla Maroney Is Somewhat Impressed By Her Meme
Team USA gymnast McKayla Maroney has been a pretty good sport about becoming the internet's most-prevalent meme. In London, the vault expert was caught on camera with a rather pri...
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Facebook Sees 116 Million Olympic-Themed Communications
The Olympics are over, and we can say, without a doubt, that this year was the first true "social media games." And unprecedented amount of people took to social networks to not on...
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The Olympics Generated More Than 150 Million Tweets
Now that the London 2012 summer games have come to a close, Twitter is releasing some figures that shine a light on just how gigantic a role social media played in this year's Olym...
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London 2012 Rhythmic Gymnastics Doodle Hits Google Homepage
The latest in Google's series of Olympics-themed doodles celebrates rhythmic gymnastics. The previous three were interactive, playable games, but Google appears to have gotten back...
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London 2012 Soccer Google Doodle is a PK Simulator
Google has unleashed yet another time-wasting Olympic Google doodle upon web browsers everywhere. While Google has cr...
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Twitter’s Been Buzzing About the Olympics [INFOGRAPHIC]
During the Olympic games, there's a good chance that somewhere, on some channel, there's some coverage nearly all day long. The Olympic games are also a popular global event with...
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Zuckerberg’s Harvard Roomie Goes for Gold Today in the Triple Jump
Samyr Laine is a triple jumper who holds both the indoor and outdoor records for his University. On Tuesday, he qualified for the finals in the Olympics games in said sport. Lain...
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London 2012 Slalom Canoe: Google Doodle Lets You Navigate the Rapids
Today, Google continues their run of Olympic-themed Doodles with their third straight interactive Doodle. Since the o...
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Watch Epke Zonderland’s Ridiculous Gold Medal High Bar Routine
There are good men's horizontal bar routines. Then there is Dutch gymnast Epke Zonderland's horizontal bar routine. Yesterday, during the final day of gymnastics competition...
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