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Displaying all articles tagged:
2012 Summer Olympics
london games
Aug. 13, 2012
Some Olympic Awards the IOC Neglected to Give Out
Recognizing the best of the best, as well as the worst of the worst.
london games
Aug. 13, 2012
A Scary, But Still Celebratory, Team USA Gold
It was close there for a while.
By
Matt Giles
london games
Aug. 12, 2012
Team USA Wins Gold, But Boy, It Wasn’t Easy
The United States outlasts Spain to win the Gold Medal.
By
Will Leitch
london games
Aug. 11, 2012
Team USA Offers More Redemption for LeBron
The Heat champion can win everybody back over with one more win.
By
Matt Giles
london games
Aug. 10, 2012
USA Basketball Pounds Argentina to Reach Final
Bring it on, Spain.
By
Will Leitch
london games
Aug. 10, 2012
Images From London: Week Two
Some of the best photography from the second week of competition at the Summer Olympics.
By
Joe DeLessio
london games
Aug. 10, 2012
Olympics Prime-time Recap: So Many Greatest-Evers
NBC’s coverage still blows, though.
By
Jada Yuan
london games
Aug. 10, 2012
It’s Semifinal Time for Team USA
Bring on Argentina.
By
Matt Giles
london games
Aug. 9, 2012
USA Women’s Soccer Wins Gold Medal
USA! USA! USA!
By
Will Leitch
london games
Aug. 9, 2012
Olympics Prime-time Recap: How NBC and Matthew Perry Ruined the Night
The argument that NBC is serving the needs of the masses with its profit-minded prime-time broadcast has now gone out the window.
By
Jada Yuan
london games
Aug. 9, 2012
Team USA Rolls, But Questions Remain
The U.S. advances to the semifinals, but not dominantly.
By
Matt Giles
london games
Aug. 8, 2012
Presenting the Doc Emrick Action-Verb Bingo Card: Water Polo Edition
There’s no waffleboarding in water polo.
By
Joe DeLessio
london games
Aug. 8, 2012
Olympics: Horror-Movie Music and Doll Costumes!
Honestly, everything about yesterday’s duet finals was dramatic and amazing.
By
Jada Yuan
london games
Aug. 8, 2012
The Casual Olympic Viewer’s Guide: Rhythmic Gymnastics
An outline of the basics for those who may not know what they’re looking at.
By
Chris Cohen
london games
Aug. 8, 2012
Gymnastics Wrap-up: What We Learned From the London Games
First lesson: Life isn’t fair, and neither are the Olympics.
By
Lindsey Green
london games
Aug. 8, 2012
Olympics Prime-time Recap: Aly Raisman’s Parents Can Breathe Now
Oh, Lynn and Rick, we’re going to miss you.
By
Jada Yuan
london games
Aug. 7, 2012
100-Person Poll: Londoners on the Olympic Games
Surveying locals in the East End.
By
Alex Rees
london games
Aug. 7, 2012
Redemption for Aly Raisman
Raisman came to these Games in the shadows, but she emerged today as the most decorated American gymnast of the 2012 Olympics.
By
Lindsey Green
london games
Aug. 7, 2012
Olympics Prime-time Recap: The Caribbean Is Going to Party Like Crazy
If this was what things were like in London, it was going to be nuts in Grenada.
By
Jada Yuan
london games
Aug. 7, 2012
Team USA Wins Group A and Readies for Quarterfinals
What do they need to work on?
By
Matt Giles
london games
Aug. 6, 2012
The Casual Olympic Viewer’s Guide: Keirin
An outline of the basics for those who may not know what they’re looking at.
By
Chris Cohen
2012 london olympics
Aug. 6, 2012
The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Just Won an Instant Classic Over Canada
The U.S. Women’s National Team overcame Christine Sinclair’s hat trick with Alex Morgan’s game-winning header in extra time.
By
Seth Rosenthal
2012 london olympics
Aug. 6, 2012
No Time Like First Time for Brazil and South Korea
There’s only one day of gymnastics competition left.
By
Lindsey Green
london games
Aug. 6, 2012
Olympics Prime-time Recap: The Dark Day When the U.S. Only Got Two Golds
Instead of watching feats of greatness from non-Americans, we got a bunch of Americans running preliminary heats in track or winning yet another round of volleyball.
By
Jada Yuan
2012 london olympics
Aug. 6, 2012
Should We Be Worried About Team USA?
That Lithuania win was a scary one.
By
Matt Giles
2012 london olympics
Aug. 6, 2012
Swimming Wrap-up: What a Year for the Americans
Just a terrific year for the red, white, and blue.
By
Mary Jane Weedman
2012 london olympics
Aug. 6, 2012
Long Jumpers Who Look Like They Didn’t Expect to Be Long-Jumping
This is a face that long jumpers do sometimes.
By
Dan Amira
2012 london olympics
Aug. 6, 2012
Sunday’s a Day for Bolt and Murray
Two champions yesterday, very different.
By
Will Leitch
2012 london olympics
Aug. 6, 2012
The London Games Have the Least Predictable Gymnastics Ever
Nothing makes sense anymore!
By
Lindsey Green
2012 london olympics
Aug. 3, 2012
Phelps, Franklin Win Themselves Some More Gold
Gold medals everywhere.
By
Mary Jane Weedman
london games
Aug. 3, 2012
Images From London: Week One
Some of the best photos so far from the summer games.
By
Joe DeLessio
london games
Aug. 3, 2012
Olympics Prime-Time Recap: We’re on Team Gabby
America loves Gabby Douglas, NBC. You should, too.
By
Aileen Gallagher
london games
Aug. 2, 2012
In Their Final Showdown, Phelps Beats Out Lochte for Gold
Phelps takes the 200-meter individual medley and captures his sixteenth Olympic gold medal.
By
Mary Jane Weedman
london games
Aug. 2, 2012
Gabby Douglas Is Golden, and It’s a Three-Peat for the U.S. in the All Around
Gymnastics fans were promised an exciting fight for the all-around gold — and they got it.
By
Lindsey Green
london games
Aug. 2, 2012
The Casual Olympic Viewer’s Guide: Trampoline
An outline of the basics for those who may not know what they’re looking at.
By
Chris Cohen
london games
Aug. 2, 2012
Olympics Prime-time Recap: Edited for American Exceptionalism
NBC focuses on domestic athletes, but the Games are a global event, and the perfect chance to share stories about other people and other places.
By
Aileen Gallagher
2012 london olympics
Aug. 1, 2012
Yet Another U.S. Swimmer Emerges As a Star
And tomorrow, another Lochte–Phelps battle.
By
Mary Jane Weedman
london games
Aug. 1, 2012
The Casual Olympic Viewer’s Guide: Dressage
An outline of the basics for those who may not know what they’re looking at.
By
Chris Cohen
2012 london olympics
Aug. 1, 2012
Uchimura Secures His Status As All-Time Best
The Japanese gymnast might be the best there ever was.
By
Lindsey Green
london games
Aug. 1, 2012
Bradley Wiggins Wins Cycling Gold for Britain in Time Trial
This is how it was supposed to be.
By
Jada Yuan
london games
Aug. 1, 2012
The Craziest, Most Scandalous Sport at the Olympics: Badminton
Eight players were expelled from the Games for “match fixing.”
By
Jada Yuan
2012 london olympics
Aug. 1, 2012
It’s All About the Love: Team USA Cruises Again
Yeah, they’re not having much trouble so far.
By
Matt Giles
london games
Aug. 1, 2012
Olympics Prime-time Recap: NBC Puts a ‘Jordyn’ in Team
This is a shared honor, though, made possible by shared performances. That’s the story NBC should tell.
By
Aileen Gallagher
london games
July 31, 2012
The Casual Olympic Viewer’s Guide: Double Trap Shooting
An outline of the basics for those who may not know what they’re looking at.
By
Chris Cohen
2012 london olympics
July 31, 2012
Michael Phelps Now Most Decorated Olympian of All Time
That’s 19 medals. Pretty good!
By
Mary Jane Weedman
2012 london olympics
July 31, 2012
The Women’s Gymnasts Grab the Gold
USA! USA! USA!
By
Lindsey Green
london games
July 31, 2012
Olympics Prime-time Recap: The Crybaby Games
Jordyn Wieber unleashed an international sob fest on Sunday, but everyone else’s tears are of the crocodile variety.
By
Aileen Gallagher
london games
July 30, 2012
Missy Franklin, 17, Wins Gold in the 100-Meter Backstroke
This is great for her, and also for her coach.
By
Mary Jane Weedman
2012 london olympics
July 30, 2012
Men’s Gymnastics Ends in Major [SPOILER!]
If you don’t want to know what happens before you watch tonight, don’t read this.
By
Lindsey Green
2012 london olympics
July 30, 2012
So Far, So Good for Team USA Hoops
LeBron, Carmelo, and the gang have no trouble with France.
By
Matt Giles
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