Beijing Olympics

Rebecca Soni faced incredible odds and won. - Rebecca Soni has won the 200 meter breaststroke and has set a world record in doing so. Her time was 2 minutes 20.22 seconds.
To place this achievement into perspective, Rebecca Soni had cardiac surgery in 2006. She had had a heart [...]

In a long, rain delayed game, the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team advances to the semifinals. The U.S. team managed a 2 - 1 victory over Canada in extra time.
In the twelfth minute, Angela Hucles scored on a close shot. The Canadian goalkeeper, Erin McLeod, was injured on the play. She tried to [...]

Karri Walsh and Misty May are a women’s beach volleyball team. They are competing at the Beijing Olympics and there has been some speculation about what is on Karri Walsh’s right shoulder. It looks like some sort of odd, black design.
What is on Ms Walsh’s shoulder may be black kinesio tape. [...]

It seems that Spain’s Women’s basketball team adds to the social blunder of the men’s national team. The women posed by a similar advertising photograph:
“The advert features two large photographs, one of the men’s basketball team, above, and one of the women’s team. Both squads pose in full Olympic kit on a basketball court [...]

The Spanish Olympic basketball team needs a lesson in what it is to be good guests. Left on their own, they blunder. In one insensitive picture, they have managed to insult a whole nation.
In an advertisement for a Spanish courier company, the basketball players are pictured pulling back the corner of [...]

The quarterfinals in women’s Olympic soccer will have Canada playing the USA. These are two teams that know each other well and have played against one another several time this year.
The U.S. women know that Canada is strong and very physical. The main Canadian strategy will be the long ball. The Canadian [...]

Brandi Chastain was a wonderful soccer player for the U.S. Women’s National Team. Her soccer knowledge may be encyclopedic. However, as a soccer telecast analyst, she is horrid.
There is a large group of soccer fans who gather to watch the women’s Olympic soccer in real time. Today, it was in the very [...]

There were many who wondered if Natalie Coughlin could win the 100 meter backstroke. She is the first woman to ever defend the 100 meter backstroke title. Those who doubted Natalie Coughlin may have dismissed the fact that she is one of the fiercest competitors in the pool. She is at her [...]

In the opening game of Olympic competition, the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team lost to Norway: 2 - 0. The morning headlines are full of doom and gloom. Articles question whether the National Team has the right coach, whether the residency training program is the worth the money, whether the right personnel are [...]

It was the first game of Olympic competition for the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team. After the first four minutes in a game against Norway, the United States were down two goals. Those opening minutes decided the game.
This was only the second defeat for the American women in the history of Olympic competition. [...]