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| Games chiefs hit back at cynics as excitement mounts Yahoo! Sports LONDON (Reuters) - Organizers of the Olympics hit back on Sunday at cynics after weeks of negative headlines, saying criticism over planning mistakes and costs were being outweighed by a surge in public excitement as the gala opening ceremony nears. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rogge Is Not Giving Up on Tougher Doping Bans New York Times (blog) But when the London Games open next week, Rogge will see just that. LaShawn Merritt, the Olympic 400-meter hurdles champion, returned to the sport last year after serving a 21-month ban for a steroid found in a male-enhancement product. But he is back ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The games of the XXX Hypocrisyad Power Line (blog) I wrote here about the refusal of the International Olympic Committee to set aside one minute of silence at the opening ceremony at this year's games to commemorate the Israeli athletes who were murdered 40 years ago at the Munich games. Since then ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Olympics-Equestrian-Rose suffers Games heartbreak again Reuters (adds details, quotes). By Peter Rutherford. LONDON, July 22 (Reuters) - Australian horseman Shane Rose suffered Olympic heartbreak once again on Sunday after he was forced to pull out of the London Games due to an injury to his mount Taurus. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pirates extend winning streak to 5 games with shutout of Marlins Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Jeff Karstens threw seven scoreless innings, and the Pirates extended their winning streak to a season-high five games with a 3-0 victory over the Miami Marlins on Sunday afternoon at PNC Park. Pedro Alvarez hit his 21st home run, and Andrew McCutchen ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Zimmerman's 2 HRs lead Nationals over Braves 9-2 Press of Atlantic City Ryan Zimmerman homered twice and drove in three runs, and Danny Espinosa and Roger Bernadina each had three hits and two RBIs as the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 9-2 to split a four-game series between the top two teams in the NL ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Olympics: Mind games of the victorious Chicago Tribune But a more important reason for the improved reputation of sports psychology is the solid science demonstrating the effect of the mental game on athletic performance. A 2011 study, for instance, examined U.S. National Basketball Association players ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Athletics: Injured Kluft out of London Games Chicago Tribune HELSINKI (Reuters) - Former Olympic heptathlon champion Carolina Kluft will miss the London Games after suffering a hamstring injury on Sunday, her coach said. The 29-year-old Kluft, who switched to the long jump after a glittering career in heptathlon ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Games terror threat for Israelis The Australian THE largest security operation in peacetime Britain will be launched this week as Israeli officials warned that an Iranian terror squad in Europe may be planning to attack its athletes at the Olympic Games. More than 17000 troops and 7000 private ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Spitz feels Phelps will be at next Games Ninemsn While Spitz thinks he will do great in London 2012, he does not really believe these will be his last Games. Spitz won seven Olympic golds in swimming in Munich 1972, a feat that was only surpassed when Phelps achieved eight in Beijing 2008, to add to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cadel's Games dream may be over NEWS.com.au GAMES. CADEL Evans has lost his Tour de France crown and now his London Games dream might be over. The Aussie has told national selectors he will withdraw from London Olympics unless he recovers from the Tour de France by tomorrow. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dynamo v Impact: Three games, 9 points? I'll take it Dynamo Theory (blog) Houston set out with something to prove at the start of the first of three home games last week. The team needed quality performances, solid defensive effort, and most of all they needed all nine points to put themselves in the mix for the home field ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| From Paris to the London Games for Mark Cavendish Herald Sun Cavendish posted his 23 Tour stage win - and his fourth in succession on the Champs-Elysees - to add the crowning glory to Bradley Wiggins's first overall Tour success. The Isle of Man star has prepared specificially for the Olympic road race ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Dwyer a fan of Games blue hockey pitch Ninemsn It was the Kookaburras' first match at the new venue since the Games hockey test event two months ago when coach Ric Charlesworth was a strident critic of the eye-catching blue surface. But Dwyer, the world's best player, said it had improved markedly ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Video games and the IU football fan. The Crimson Quarry I am completely out of the video game loop. I have never a hardcore gamer, but through my college and post-college years I certainly spent some time playing on a variety of platforms, including Nintendo, Sega Genesis, and Playstation 1 and Playstation 2. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nick Swisher likely out until Friday ESPN "(Swisher) said he wasn't as stiff today as he was yesterday," Girardi said before Sunday's four-game series finale against the Oakland Athletics. "He's still day to day. My guess is we won't have him in Seattle and hope to get him back after that. We ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Cabrera hits 300th HR, Tigers beat White Sox 6-4 Press of Atlantic City Detroit wrapped up a 6-1 homestand against the White Sox and Los Angeles Angels and now leads the AL Central by 1 1/2 games over Chicago. The White Sox have lost five straight. Cabrera became the second Venezuela-born player to reach 300 home ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Great Games in Bucs History: 2002 NFC Championship Game - Tampa Bay 27 ... Bucs Nation (blog) After two consecutive years of being unceremoniously dumped out of the playoffs by the Philadelphia Eagles, the Bucs were back at the Vet - for the final game at the Vet - where they had already been spanked earlier in the season - with one thing on ... See all stories on this topic » |
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