U.S. Women’s Basketball Team Beat New Zealand; Remain Unbeaten
The United States women’s basketball team finished Olympic pool play unbeaten after dominating New Zealand 96-60. Read the rest of this entry »
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Venus & Serena Williams Win Olympic Doubles Gold
August 18th, 2008 by Brian Ethridge
Tagged as: 2008 Olympics, Olympics, Serena Williams, Tennis, Venus Williams
Venus and Serena Williams are Olympic doubles champions after defeating Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain 6-2, 6-0.
“Well, it wasn’t easy,” Serena Williams said. “We were so focused and we wanted every point. We pretty much worked for every point. So it was like playing that way makes it easier.” Read the rest of this entry »
Empty Seats Hurting The Olympics
If the Olympics were held in America maybe I could understand this, but I thought the rest of the world actually cared about this stuff…?
Rogers & Dalhausser Advance to Final 4
Americans Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser have advanced to the beach volleyball final 4 after defeating 21-13, 25-23. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Phelps Makes Olympic History
Michael Phelps has won his 8th gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay, eclipsing Mark Spitz’s seven-gold performance at the 1972 Munich Games.
“I don’t even know what to feel right now,” Phelps said. Read the rest of this entry »
U.S. Men’s Basketball Team Easily Beats Spain
The United States men’s olympic basketball team has advanded to the quarterfinals after destroying Spain 119-82.
“They wanted to make a statement in this game, playing against us, and they did,” Spain’s Pau Gasol said. Read the rest of this entry »
Phelps Wins 7th Gold Medal By 0.01 Seconds
Michael Phelps has won his 7th gold medal after finishing first place in the 100-meter butterfly by just 0.01 seconds.
“I was starting to hurt a little bit with probably the last 10 meters,” Phelps said. Read the rest of this entry »
Can Your Arm Bend Like This?
Hungarian weightlifter Janos Baranyai dislocated his right elbow while trying to lift 148 kg (326.3 pounds).
American Liukin Wins Gold; Teammate Takes Silver in All-Around Women’s Gymnastics
American Nastia Liukin has won the all-around gold in women’s gymnastics with the score 63.325 points just six-tenths ahead of silver medalist and teammate Shawn Johnson. Read the rest of this entry »
Phelps Wins 200-Meter Individual Medley
Michael Phelps has won his 6th gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics after breaking his own world record in the 200-meter individual medley with the time of 1 minute, 54.23 seconds. Read the rest of this entry »
