Olympic Games

• SPOILER: NBC must really think everybody knows the results before showing a tape-delayed race, or else someone was asleep at the switch.
(YAHOO!)
• But 24 years ago he was representing the Soviet Union, competing in the 1988 Olympic Games I remember four years waiting to compete. It was all became a dream come true for me, says Novikov. At 18, he became a gold medalist.
(NBCNews.com)
• "The difference between us and the other teams in the Olympic Games is big—the level of basketball in Africa and basketball in the NBA and Europe," Ben Romdhane said.
(Sporting News)
• After Phelps made an enormous splash at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, his mother also emerged as an icon of parental pride, rooting loudly for her son from the stands. Cameras will pan to her often before and after his meets. Even when U.
(ABC News)
• (AP) Five thoughts to match the five Olympic rings for what transpired Tuesday in London. 4. OLYMPIC TEAMS JUST THROWING GAMES NOW, APPARENTLY.
(CBS Sports)
• Chinese prodigy Ye Shiwen won her second gold of the Games, setting an Olympic record in the 200m individual medley, after stunning swimming pundits with her victory and world record in the 400 medley on Saturday.
(Reuters UK)
• She had to prepare for this little thing called the Olympic Games. So while Hardy interviewed cake bakers - using a point and pick method, he joked (at least hed better be joking) - Nichols shot arrows.
(Houston Chronicle)
• Like many fans, social media expert, Nathan Wright is more connected to the 2012 summer games than ever before. "2012 is really the first Olympic games where social media networks are mainstream," Nathan Wright, the Founder of Lava Row told Channel 13 News.
(NBCNews.com)
• LONDON (AP) -- Heres a pleasant surprise for Londoners who feared the worst: So far the traffic is flowing just fine despite the extra pressure of the Olympic games.
(WHDH.com)