NBC faced a lot of criticism on Friday when they refused to stream the Opening Ceremony live, tape delaying the event until hours later on the east coast and making viewers in the Pacific Time Zone wait even longer to see Paul McCartney lead one of the world's largest sing-alongs. But never fear...
Thousands of glaringly empty VIP seats at supposedly sold-out events -- including swimming and tennis -- during the first full morning of Olympic competitions has prompted the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to launch an investigation. It was especially...
The United States women’s soccer team has a lot of sexy female athletes on its roster. Perhaps the sexiest female Olympic athlete of them all is Alex Morgan. The forward is only 23 years old but is already a star — on and off the field. At 5-foot-7 and 140 pounds of lean muscle, she’s a sexy...
As we continue to celebrate the start of the 2012 London Olympics, let’s take a look back at some of the sexiest moments in Olympic history. First, we must start with these Brandi Chastain naked pictures. Who can forget when this U.S. women’s soccer team legend took off her shirt? I surely...
LONDON — There are different levels of celebrity in the Olympic Athletes' Village. You have your VIPs who visit during the games. You have your celebrity athletes like Usain Bolt, who hire their teammates as security to keep the autograph hounds at bay.
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The order that players must wear "predominantly white" clothing is taking a break at the All England Club.*For the first time in history, tennis players will be allowed to wear color at Wimbledon, thanks to new rules instituted specifically for the London Olympics.
[ Photos: Serena & Venus...
Riders at the front of the peloton early in Saturday's Olympic road race encountered an unexpected obstacle.
A large black dog on an apparent kamikaze mission ran across the road and back as the main field zoomed through Twickenham, forcing surprised riders to swerve or brake to narrowly avoid...
The only obstacle on the way to Serena Williams advancing to the second round of the Olympics was a rogue camera operator who got a little too close to the reigning Wimbledon champion.
[ Photos: Serena & Venus Williams at the Olympics ]
Serena easily defeated former world No. 1 Jelena...
LONDON — The most unpredictable and dramatic event of the young London Olympics was the men's cycling road race, in which Kazakhstan's Alexandr Vinokourov won gold, Great Britain's medal hope Mark Cavendish missed the podium and Swiss cyclist Fabian Cancellara had a spectacular crash that put...
LONDON — Fans leaving the London Olympic Opening Ceremony jammed mass transit early Saturday morning, including at the Stratford International Station near the Olympic Village. That's where fans snaked around metal barriers to reach the high-speed Javelin train.
[ Photos: Highlights from the...
When you've ridden to the Opening Ceremony in a helicopter with James Bond, watching 500 athletes march into a stadium just can't compare.
Queen Elizabeth, who appeared in an amusing short film with actor Daniel Craig during the kickoff to the London Games, wasn't too impressed with Team Great...
LONDON — At around 12:15 a.m. London time, the Summer Olympic Opening Ceremony was still ongoing. A few volunteers and cast members from the massive performance made their way through the queue at Stratford International Station, located near the Westfield Shopping Centre and the Olympic Village...
Ugh. As much as I'm pumped for the Olympics (female boxing for the first time! Volleyball players allowed to wear more than bikinis!), there's an awful lot of mean talk about the female body that seems to go along with it. Today in Olympic body snarking: After defeating Cameroon 5-0, the...
This week has been full of Olympic athlete flubs and media body snark flubs, but this US Olympic Swim Team 'Call Me Maybe' video is just about the most adorable, awesome way to kick off the games we can think of. We're pretty sure you won't see the live version in tonight's Opening Ceremonies...
Stella McCartney's got nothing against white and gold—just not the way it was worn tonight. Sir Paul's daughter, or someone on her social media team, jumped on Twitter...
U.S. women's soccer player Carli Lloyd and British rower Zac Purchase took down tweets that featured pictures of their Olympic security badges after officials worried that the bar codes on the passes could be duplicated.
There were concerns that nefarious individuals could copy the code, create...
Greek triple-jumper Voula Papachristou was expelled from the Olympic team for making fun of African immigrants on her twitter account, with a racist tweet that went viral amongst outraged followers. Her joke–"With so many Africans in Greece, the West Nile mosquitoes will be getting home...
Ribbon Dancing, Synchronized Diving, Curling? These Olympic events push the definition of "sport" nearly to its breaking point but aren't even close to the oddest in the Games' 116 year history. Our friends at Oobject have assembled twelve contests that take the gold for absurdity. More »
Even female Olympic athletes can get away from body-snarking, fat-shaming jerks. The not-so-fine folks at the Herald Sun in*Melbourne have suggested that four-time Olympic swimmer Leisel Jones*(who is from their own country, no less) is fat and not fit enough to swim in the London Games. It's a...