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Kobe Bryant on potential under-23 Team USA: ‘It’s a stupid idea, stupid’

Kobe Bryant and Mark Cuban do not agree when it comes to the Olympics. As you probably know, Cuban is the most enthusiastic Olympic hater in sports. He roots for Team USA to fail because he feels that the concept of allowing players who are under …

Olympic Committee has strict rules for how athletes can market themselves

Olympic superstars like Michael Phelps will make most of their life savings through advertising, but come actual Olympic time there are very strict limits to how they can market themselves. During the Games, the Olympic Committee has …

Olympic archer Jennifer Nichols says she is a virgin, had first kiss at age 27

For whatever reason, discussions about the sex lives of Olympic athletes seem to be as popular this year as ones about their training methods. Lolo Jones and her virginity have been the talk of the town for a number of blogs, gossip sites and talk …

Oscar Pistorius reportedly dating Russian supermodel Anastassia Khozissova

Olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been a headline machine over the past few months as the London Olympics approach. Most of what has been written about the man they call “Blade Runner” centers around whether or not he has an unfair …

Olympic legend Michael Johnson thinks Oscar Pistorius’ prosthetic legs give him an advantage

Over the years, the topic of whether or not runners with prosthetic legs should be allowed to compete in the same Olympic events as able-bodied runners has gained a significant amount of steam. On one hand, you have athletes with amazing stories who …

US athletes’ bus driver reportedly gets lost on the way to the Olympic Village

It’s safe to assume that all of the 2012 Olympic athletes have been anxious to arrive at the Olympic Village and officially get their experience underway, but some of them had to wait a bit longer than others on Monday. As US 400-meter hurdler …

Alicia Sacramone used her Olympics medal to get into a bar when she was 20

Only a select amount of athletes in the world can boast that they have won an Olympics medal, and apparently being in that exclusive club has its privileges. Gymnast Alicia Sacramone, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing but …

Magic Johnson weighs in on Dream Team debate: We ‘had too many winners’ to lose

Kobe Bryant spoke. And the Dream Team has scoffed in response. Following the trend already established by his 1992 Olympic teammates, Magic Johnson became the latest Dream Team member (and human being) to decry Kobe’s much-discussed comments …

Hope Solo speaks openly on sex and debauchery in the Olympic Village

Some stories have managed to get out to the public realm, but, largely, the legendary amount of hooking up that takes place in the Olympic Village each Olympiad has been one of the better-kept secrets of the Games. However, a tremendous, new ESPN The …

Scottie Pippen: Dream Team would beat current Team USA by 25

Count Scottie Pippen as the latest person to weigh-in on the Dream Team vs. current Team USA debate. The subject heated up this week when Kobe Bryant said the current Team USA basketball squad would have beaten the 1992 Dream Team. Michael Jordan …

Michael Jordan on Kobe Bryant’s Team USA comment: ‘I absolutely laughed’

Kobe Bryant knew he would create quite the stir when he said on Wednesday that the 2012 edition of Team USA could beat the 1992 Dream Team that most believe is the greatest Olympic team of all time. He’s Kobe Bryant — that’s what he …

Team USA’s Olympic uniforms were (naturally) made in China

On Tuesday, the US Olympic Committee officially unveiled the threads Team USA will be wearing during the Opening and Closing Ceremony Parade at the London Olympics this summer. As usual, the uniforms have drawn mixed reviews. Similar to the way …

Cloned horses will now be allowed to participate in the Olympics

Keep a close eye on the horses you see competing in the equestrian events at the Olympics this summer. You just may see them again at the Summer Olympics in about eight or 12 years. Well, not the exact same horses, but a 98% nearly perfect copy of …

Charles Barkley responds to Kobe Bryant: Dream Team would beat 2012 team by double digits

After hearing that Kobe Bryant said the 2012 Olympic basketball team would beat the Dream Team, all Charles Barkley could do was laugh. Barkley, a member of the legendary 1992 gold medal-winning squad, was a guest on The Mike Missanelli Show on 97.5 …

Michael Phelps reportedly ‘upset’ with Tyler Clary over critical comments

US swimmer Tyler Clary made national headlines on Tuesday for his critical comments about fellow swimmer Michael Phelps, and the 14-time Olympic gold medalist is said to be “upset” with his teammate. In comments to The Riverside …

Olympic swimmer Tyler Clary says Michael Phelps is ‘asking to get beat’

U.S. Olympic swimmer Tyler Clary has spent a lot of time recently training with Michael Phelps at the University of Michigan. Since Clary is only 23 years old and will be making his first Olympic appearance in London this summer, you might assume …

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