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Olympics officials: 900 million watched Olympics opening ceremony
LONDON (AP) — Almost 900 million people watched part of the London Games' opening ceremony on television, the International Olympic Committeepredicted Tuesday. The near-four-hour show included athletes from 204 teams marching into the Olympic...
Tags: NBC (tv network), BBC, Sports Organizations, Elizabeth II, FIFA World Cup
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Olympics: Gibb, Rosenthall stunned in London
Costa Mesa resident Jake Gibb and Corona del Mar resident Sean Rosenthal, who entered the London Olympics as the top men's beach volleyball team in the world, suffered a stunning loss on Monday and were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Gibb and...Tags: Polo, Brian Thornton, Awards and Prizes, Beach Volleyball, Kerri Walsh-Jennings
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Hammer earns silver in omnium
LONDON — U.S. cyclist Sarah Hammer leaves these Olympics with two silver medals, a place in the American record books and a far less bitter taste in her mouth. Four years ago, Hammer made headlines when she and her teammates arrived in China...
Tags: Sprint Cycling, Cycling, Cycling Trial, Awards and Prizes, Harry of Wales
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U.S. takes winning streak into semifinal
LONDON — Lauren Jackson became the Olympics' all-time leading women's scorer in Australia's quarterfinal victory, which clinched a berth in Thursday's semifinal against a familiar foe in Team USA. "She's one of my good friends," Sue Bird said of...
Tags: Basketball, Sports, Tamika Catchings, Sylvia Fowles, Women's National Basketball Association
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Day 12 roundup: U.S. gets bronze in wrestling
LONDON--The U.S. picked up a surprise bronze medal in the 105.5-pound class of women's freestyle wrestling. Clarissa Chun, 30, lost her second round match to Maria Stadnyk of Azerbaijan. But because Stadnyk made the gold-medal match, Chun was allowed back...
Tags: Katie Bell, Sailing, Freestyle Wrestling, Awards and Prizes, David Herman
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U.S. scores big night on track, courts
LONDON - Allyson Felix grinned as she waited for the official results to pop up on the scoreboard. She knew what was coming, and she was going to enjoy this moment. Olympic champion, at last. The American sprinter won the 200 meters at the London...Tags: Caster Semenya, Misty May-Treanor, Brittney Reese, Sailing, Freestyle Wrestling
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U.S. pair get a little misty after 3rd gold medal in beach volleyball
LONDON -- The most decorated Olympians in beach volleyball history ended their storied partnership Wednesday with a gold medal, a sandy embrace and the most exuberant bikini-clad victory dance the iconic Horse Guards Parade had ever seen. Misty May-...Tags: Animals, Kerri Walsh-Jennings, Volleyball, Awards and Prizes, April Ross
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Friday's Opening Ceremony sets an Olympic record for TV viewers
Groller's CornerNBC paid a lot of money to televise the London Summer Olympics and at least for one night that was money well spent. Friday's coverage of the opening ceremonies attracted an average of 40.0 million viewers, which is nearly 6 million more than the... -
U.S. women's soccer golden again
LONDON -- When the clock finally ran out on the U.S. soccer team's gold medal win over Japan on Thursday, a group of players ran from the sideline to goalkeeper Hope Solo while another dashed toward the other end of the field to dog-pile atop Carli Lloyd....
Tags: Abby Wambach, Sports, Kelley O'Hara, Soccer, Awards and Prizes
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Usain Bolt: 'Carl Lewis, I have no respect for him'
Americans have a taste for the flamboyant and have embraced track's blazingly fast and incredibly cocky star as if he were their own. But Jamaica's Usain Bolt may have just shot himself in one of his prized feet. After becoming the first Olympian to win...
Tags: Los Angeles Times, Jamaica, Jesse Owens, Track and Field, Usain Bolt
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5 Questions: Paralympian Casey Tibbs stays in the chase
The Paralympic Games don't get as much attention as the Olympics, but the stories are often more inspiring — among them, people who experience severe physical trauma and come out stronger on the other side. That's what happened with Casey Tibbs....
Tags: Paralympic Games, 2012 Summer Paralympics, Pentathlon Running, Track and Field, U.S. Military
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U.S. has too much firepower for Argentina in semifinal win
LONDON — Kobe Bryant sank three 3-pointers and a reverse dunk in the first 4 minutes, 12 seconds. Kevin Durant drained four 3-pointers in the third quarter. Carmelo Anthony added three 3-pointers in a 42-second stretch of the fourth. And LeBron...Tags: Basketball, Manu Ginobili, Sports, Injuries and Wounds, Dwight Howard
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