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Hope Solo Failed A Drug Test
On June 15, the day before a USWNT friendly against World No. 2 Sweden, goalkeeper Hope Solo provided a urine sample that tested positive for Canrenone. Canrenone is not a PED, but rather a diuretic, and is sometimes used to flush the system, so it's a USADA banned substance....
Olympics Field Guide: Lolo Jones, The 29-Year-Old Virgin Hurdler
Name: Lori "Lolo" Jones...
Olympic Flame Extinguished During White Water Raft Ride
After traveling for 50 days through Greece and the UK, the Olympic torch was briefly extinguished by a pesky splash in the middle of the canoe slalom venue. Zachary Franklin, the torch bearer, tried his best to keep it "well away from the water," but the Eternal Flame was no match for the swift rap...
This Is The Ugliest Picture Of Michael Phelps You Will Ever See
Oh, look, it's Michael Phelps. Seeming extra pasty. Slate nicely followed the trail this week as a set of terribly executed Olympic-athlete stock photos became a meme and a scandal....
Associated Press: Oklahoma City Thunder Sign Brian Westbrook And The Guy From <em>27 Dresses</em>, Serge Ibaka Excited To Play Them In Olympics
Oklahoma City Thunder power forward Serge Ibaka will be playing for the Spanish national team at this year's summer Olympics. Today, the Associated Press published a relatively mundane story about Ibaka's belief that his Spanish team has the talent to compete with the U.S. team....
What's Sadder Than Not Making The 2012 Olympic Team?
Confetti. Lots of it....
Usain Bolt Is Lookin' Kinda Human
Usain Bolt's been the fastest non-jetpacked man in the world for four years now, and at 25, is still in a sprinter's prime. But a funny thing has happened over the last calendar year. At the 2011 World Championships in South Korea, Bolt was disqualified in the 100m final for a false start, and the g...
Olympics Field Guide: Alise Post, The 21-Year-Old "Beast” Of Women's BMX
Name: Alise Post...
Double Amputee Oscar Pistorius Will Compete In The 2012 Olympics
Less than a week ago, it appeared that Oscar Pistorius's feel-good story had come to an end, as the double amputee sprinter had failed to post a worthy time in the 400 meter race at the Olympic qualifiers, effectively killing his chances to represent South Africa at this summer's games....
Olympics Field Guide: Peter Hudnut, Water Polo's Comeback Kid
Name: Peter Hudnut...
Meet Your Gold-Medal-Favorite 2012 U.S. Olympic Gymnastic Team (And The Men, Too)
There weren't many surprises in the United States women's gymnastic team that emerged this past weekend from two days of all-around competition at the Olympic trials. This was the set of gymnasts that we seemed destined to end up with for months now, or at least since returning Olympic champion Nast...
Sorry, Mario Balotelli Didn't Really Make This German Fan Cry: How TV Lied To You During Euro 2012
In the 36th minute of the Euro 2012 semifinal, Mario Balotelli scored his second goal, a screamer to the top right corner. Balotelli ripped off his jersey and flexed, and the telecast cut to a woman in the stands, a German flag painted on her cheek, a single tear leaking from her eye....
The BBC Olympic Promo Trailer Is Pretty Awesome, Inevitably Controversial
We're sure NBC has something grandiose up its sleeve as it prepares to air the London Olympics starting in a few weeks, but tonight official UK broadcaster BBC premiered its CGI-animated Olympic promo and, we have to say, it's impressive....
Olympics Field Guide: Im Dong-Hyun, The Lethal Blind Archer
Name: Im Dong-Hyun...
Children Invade Torch Relay, Try To Steal Olympic Flame
A pair of West Midlands ragamuffins jumped the barricades as the Olympic Flame made its way through Coventry this morning, and laid their grubby mitts on the torch before being hustled off by security. From a police statement:...
British Mayor Scandalizes Tiny Town By Showing Up To Olympic Torch Parade Dressed As "Sausage"
61-year-old Jill Makinson-Sanders is mayor of Louth, Lincolnshire, England, a cozy town of 15,000 in the English countryside. (Jim Broadbent lives nearby.) Small-town politicians, as a matter of habit, do what they can to put their towns and their towns' industries on the national map. Makinson-Sand...
Jeneba Tarmoh Withdraws From Olympic 100m Runoff, USA Track & Field Has Giant Mess On Its Hands
Last week, Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh finished in a dead heat for third place in the 100 meters at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. The physically improbable feat exposed a USA Track & Field woefully unprepared for the possibility—there was no plan in place, and after days of dithering, USATF offe...
Ryan Lochte's "I ♥ BREAST" Shirt Wasn't Enough To Put Him Past Michael Phelps
Despite mopping the floor with Michael Phelps in the past few years of competition, Ryan Lochte found himself behind Phelps both times the swimming stars faced each other this weekend, in the 200 individual medley and the 200 freestyle. It didn't much matter—Phelps ended up qualifying in five event...
Former Olympic Champion Nastia Liukin Faceplants After Her Dad Fails To Spot Her Correctly
2008 Olympic women's gymnastics all-around champion and Subway sandwich spokesperson Nastia Liukin will likely take no part in this year's London Games after an embarrassing uneven bars fall she can blame as much on her coach/spotter/dad Valeri Liukin as she can her own mistake. ...