Americans Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh became the first duo to ever win consecutive Olympic beach volleyball gold medals after they beat China’s Wang Jie and Tian Jia 21-18, 21-18 on Thursday.

“Ever since the ball dropped in Athens, we’ve wanted to repeat as Olympic champions,” May-Treanor said. “No one’s ever done it.” Read the rest of this entry »

The United States men’s volleyball team remains undefeated in Beijing after defeating Serbia in five sets 20-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-18, 15-12.

“You could see the amount of heart and grit both teams put out there,” Ryan Millar said. Read the rest of this entry »

The United States men’s basketball team beat Australia 116-85 in the Olympic quarterfinals on Wednesday.

“We felt that in this game that they were going to live and die by the 3- pointer,” said guard Jason Kidd. Read the rest of this entry »

American beach volleyball players Todd Rodgers and Phol Dalhausser will play for the Olympic gold against Brazil’s Marcio Araujo and Fabio Luiz after defeating Georgia’s Renato Gomes and Jorge Terceiro in the semifinals 21-11, 21-13. Read the rest of this entry »

Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson finally got her gold medal after giving the performance of her lifetime on the balance beam.

“I finished off the Olympic Games with, to me, the most perfect ending ever,” Johnson said. Read the rest of this entry »

The United States women’s basketball team routed South Korea 104-60 and will face the either Russia or Spain in the Olympic semifinals on Thursday night.

Sylvia Fowles led the U.S. against South Korea with 26 points and 14 rebounds.

“I just wanted to come out and make a statement that I’m back and let my teammates know,” Fowles said. Read the rest of this entry »

Americans Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh have advanced to the beach volleyball finals and will try to become the first team to defend an Olympic beach volleyball title after defeating Brazil 21-12, 21-14 in the semifinals.

“They are perfect. Nobody is going to beat them,” said Brazil’s Renata Ribeiro. Read the rest of this entry »

The United States men’s basketball team is heading towards the medal rounds to face Australia after dominating Germany 106-57.

“Nobody is going to beat them. No way, it’s just not going to happen,” Germany’s Chris Kaman said Read the rest of this entry »

The United States female soccer team will play for the Olympic gold against Brazil after defeating Japan 4-2. Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s the latest Visa commercial being shown during the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing featuring Yao Ming and Jackie Chan.