As the number-one ranked team in the world, Team USA is going into the 2012 Olympics with attitude, arrogance, and hopes of a consecutive third gold medal. With world class goalie Hope Solo who is one of the most entertaining athletes in the news, the U.S. has a very good shot at gold. Olympic soccer [...]
Michael Phelps was 15 years old the last time he competed in an Olympic event and didn’t medal. That was in 2000, in Sydney. Today, Phelps squeaked in to the men’s 400IM final by only 7/100ths of a second, taking the eighth and final spot for the first medal event in men’s swimming at the [...]
Olympian, World Record Holder, and Cancer Survivor. That’s what the tag line on the official website of Eric Shanteau says. At 28, the swimmer is making his second Olympic appearance (his first was Beijing) and will compete in the 100- meter breaststroke where he finished second at the Olympic trials. Shanteau has a very good [...]
California seems to be the place to breed world champion beach volleyball players. Exhibit A: Kerri Lee Walsh and Misty May-Treanor. They first met in 2000 after Misty’s partnership with Holly McPeak ended in 5th place due to an abdominal injury on Misty’s part at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. Kerri and Misty took the [...]