Gabby Douglas is still racking up more awards and honors as she has been voted The Associated Press’s female athlete of the year, performs flawless leap next to Bob Costas, and was even invited to sit down across from one of the toughest journalists on TV Piers Morgan. Ever since the teenage athlete became the [...]
Fashionable First Lady Obama Arrives at Olympics
July 27, 2012 | Posted by
First Lady Michelle Obama has arrived in London in patriotic fashion, stepping out in a pair of outfits featuring Team USA’s signature red, white and blue. Obama is leading the U.S. Presidential Delegation during the Olympic Games in London, while the President Obama remains in Washington. She stopped in at Team USA’s University of East [...]
London Olympics Changes Course, Grants Access to Black Newspaper
July 19, 2012 | Posted by
After the circulation of an online petition the British Olympic Association has reversed its decision not to give Britian’s biggest and longest running black newspaper The Voice accreditation to Olympic stadium. “We are pleased to confirm that the IOC have awarded an accreditation to the BOA, which will be allocated to The Voice,” said a [...]
Charles Barkley Takes Kobe Bryant To Task
July 12, 2012 | Posted by
You just knew it would not be long before one of the real Dream Teamers snapped about Kobe Bryant’s position that the 2012 Team USA would beat the legendary 1992 gold medal-winning unit of Hall of Famers Michael Jordan, John Stockton, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Scottie Pippen, Clyde Drexler, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, et al. [...]
Is This Team As Good As the 1992 ‘Dream Team’?
July 9, 2012 | Posted by
After the unbelievable global spectacle of the first Dream Team at the 1992 Olympics, the U.S. might have assembled Dream Team 2 this year, with stars like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and Carmelo Anthony all competing on the same team. The first Dream Team was something the world had [...]
London Arrests 6 More Terror Suspects 3 Weeks Before Olympics
July 7, 2012 | Posted by
London authorities have arrested six more men suspected of planning terrorist acts in the weeks leading to the London 2012 Olympics, bringing to 13 the number of suspected terrorists the British have detained in the last several days. Officials said there was no connection between the terrorists and the upcoming Olympics that start in three [...]
Olympics Are Chance for Angelo Taylor to Add to His Growing Legend
June 27, 2012 | Posted by
The 2012 Summer Olympics provide a platform for many athletes to put on display their work for the last four years. For Atlanta resident Angelo Taylor, it’s a familiar place that can confirm his longevity as one of track and field’s all-time greats. At 33, Taylor stands in the record books as just the third [...]
British Officials Call In The Big Guns For Olympics
June 25, 2012 | Posted by
Every four years the host of the Summer Olympic games has to develop a security plan for the thousands of visitors planning to pile into the host country. This year’s host, London, England, has a plan straight out of a James Bond film. Spy planes, helicopters with snipers, the biggest warship in the Royal Navy’s [...]
London Olympics 2012: Usain Bolt at Center of Birmingham Floral Display
June 19, 2012 | Posted by
A wicker figure of the world’s fastest man is to be unveiled in a floral display in Birmingham. It will show Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt in his victory pose and is one of 10 floral installations in the city. Birmingham’s Jordanne Whiley, Great Britain’s number one ladies wheelchair tennis player, will be the focus of [...]
