Olympics 2012

• The Olympics is, of course, about allowing the worlds best athletes to compete against each other. But for some major consumer technology companies, its also about big business and marketing.
(ABC News)
• Artists from One Direction and the Wanted to Blur and the Spice Girls all have been attached to Olympics-related events in London.
(MTV)
• LONDON | London, blow our minds.
(Washington Times)
• Hosting the Olympic Games is never going to be easy. You might recall the behind-schedule construction nightmares before Athens 2004, the pollution complaints at Beijing 2008 and Montreal's near-bankruptcy in 1976.
(CNN (blog))
• LONDON (AP) - Claressa T-Rex Shields gives new meaning to the term girl power. The 17-year-old middleweight from Flint, Mich.
(ksl.com)
• With the London Olympics upon us, SEA Real Time introduces the athletes who will represent the region at the 2012 Summer Games. Come back for regularly for our profiles of the Olympians.
(Wall Street Journal)
• Like every Olympics, London 2012 is sure to be remembered for the magical moments when world records are shattered.
(Time)
• He knelt at the starting line, his composed features showing no hint of emotion. One way or another, it would be over in less than 10 seconds — the most important time in Justin Gatlin's long road to redemption.
(Washington Times)
• Twenty years ago, it was different. Track brought the glamour. It featured flash, ego, gigantic U.S. stars with huge personalities. Flo-Jo. Jackie Joyner Kersee. Carl Lewis.
(Washington Post)
• Before the modern Olympic Games began in Greece in 1896, being referred to as an Olympian had an entirely different meaning. In Greek Mythology, the Olympians were the gods residing atop Mount Olympus.
(Huffington Post)