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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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One of the best tandems in the AVP Tour, Dalhausser and Rogers are now the best men’s tandem in the world 
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Phil Dalhausser is one of the best volleyball players in the world and now he’s an Olympic gold medal champion.
The man who started volleyball his senior year of high school teamed up with the [...]

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It’s gold or failure (fair or not) for the U.S. Men’s basketball team with two games left to win
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So far, so good. But good isn’t good enough for the Redeem Team which has two final conquests left before they can put those gold medals around their neck. Beating China, Angola, Germany, [...]

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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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Eight medals is just the start of how amazing he is
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Michael Phelps is just one man. But one man can inspire many. And one man can overcome seemingly insurmountable odds to do the unthinkable.
Michael Phelps is that one man. The hero of these 2008 Olympic games. The “woah, did [...]

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Unbelievable American ties Spitz with gold medal number seven in crazy close race
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Seven for seven. And Michael Phelps has one more to go, to try to add to his impecably brilliant Olympic resume.
The human turned fish won a race that was so close you still can’t tell who touched the wall first. [...]

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Here’s a heaping hot list of Summer Olympic links for the ‘child’ in all of us
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If you thought the Chinese gymnasts yesterday looked too young to be 16 you’re not alone. The New York Times snoops around to find… baby teeth!

It sure is nice being on the east coast where everything that says [...]

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