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Just a day after stating that he felt Olympic basketball players should be paid, creating a fascinating national debate about the essence of the Olympics, Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade retracted his statement on Thursday, saying, “I do not want to be paid to go to the Olympics.”
But what do you think? Should Olympic [...]

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As the Olympics are coming to London, so is the threat of terrorism or disruption. What is London doing to protect spectators and athletes?
IMOGEN REED
Guest Blogger
Many people will still remember the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, but memories of Mark Spitz winning seven gold medals in the pool, or the delight of first seeing the performances [...]

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Kim Yu-Na, or, more accurately, Yu-Na Kim, is the Korean figure skating sensation who set the record for highest Olympic score in Vancouver. (Watch the video here if you haven’t.)
On April 3, her Facebook fan page sent out an update that I found to be funny in its level of concern:

Dear fellow Yu-Na fans
??A [...]

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It’s only fitting that Sidney Crosby, the next “great one” would score the goal to get Canada the gold medal on home soil, as Canada beat the USA 3-2 in OT.
His goal 7:40 minutes into overtime etched his name forever in Canadian hockey lore and sent the Canadian crowd into raptures, as they finally got [...]

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I’m kidding, kind of. Michael Phelps was really exciting. The US basketball final where we beat Spain by 11 for gold might have been exciting. If it wasn’t on at 2 am this morning. They replayed it at 9. It should be a prime time event.
The TV schedule for the [...]

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The games in Beijing are over, but won’t soon be forgotten

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Why do we love the Olympics?
Because the athletes can run faster? Jump higher? Throw harder? Swim smarter?
Why do we watch?
Because no matter where you’re from, the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat tastes all the same. Because when [...]

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The U.S. is on top of the basketball world once again after it’s 118-107 triumph over a game Spain team in the Gold Medal Game
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Jubilation. Excitement. Redemption.
No one took this for one for granted.
No one just expected it. This was a journey, a long four years coming.
“We haven’t won in [...]

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And All it Took Was Cris Collinsworth Sounding Unpatriotic.
Cris Collinsworth asked Kobe what he thought when he first received his Olympic jersey, and Kobe said he was in awe. He said, “I had goosebumps. I just laid it across my bed and stared at it for a while. … This is the ultimate [...]

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