Highlights of Day 4 of the London Olympics
Boston Herald
Water polo power Hungary, which has won three straight Olympic gold medals, lost to Montenegro 11-10, two days after dropping its opener in London to Serbia. The Hungarians next face Romania and Britain before closing out the preliminary stage against ...
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NBC CEO Says Network Set To 'Break Even' On London Olympics Coverage
Huffington Post
Opening Ceremony. An artist performs as huge chimneys emerge from the ground to symbolise the industrial revolution during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 27, 2012 at the Olympic stadium in London.
See all stories on this topic »London Olympics: Kristin Armstrong retains cycling gold
Los Angeles Times
LONDON -- Cyclist Kristin Armstrong, who will turn 39 in 10 days, looked formidable Wednesday afternoon, successfully defending her Olympic gold in the individual time trial event. She had come out of retirement to compete in the 2012 Games, but her ...
See all stories on this topic »London Olympics: Badminton scandal rocks sport; 8 players expelled
Los Angeles Times
LONDON -- "Evening of shame." Not words you often -- if ever -- associate with the sport of badminton. But those were the words being used by British TV after eight female badminton players were kicked out of Olympic Games on Wednesday afternoon over ...
See all stories on this topic »President Obama to Michael Phelps: Hail to you, chief
Los Angeles Times
PHOTOS: Day 4 of the London Olympics. Phelps then shared the tweets with his 668000 followers. Obama has 18 million followers. Phelps also shared the greetings from John Wall of the Washington Wizards, Donte Stallworth of the New England Patriots, ...
See all stories on this topic »Badminton provides London Olympics' first scandal
San Jose Mercury News
LONDON -- Eight female badminton doubles players were disqualified Wednesday from the London Olympics after trying to lose matches to receive a more favorable place in the tournament. The Badminton World Federation announced its ruling after ...
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NBC's Olympics coverage expected to be close to 'break-even'
Los Angeles Times
The company approached the London Olympics, which officially opened Friday, expecting to lose about $200 million on its coverage. But ratings for the Summer Games have been much higher than expected, which should allow the company to escape a ...
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Boston Herald
Water polo power Hungary, which has won three straight Olympic gold medals, lost to Montenegro 11-10, two days after dropping its opener in London to Serbia. The Hungarians next face Romania and Britain before closing out the preliminary stage against ...
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| Badminton players banished from London Olympics (+video) Christian Science Monitor Head badminton referee Torsten Berg, third from left, talks to Indonesia's Greysia Polii, left, and her coach Paulus Firman after he issued a black card to Polii and her partner Meiliana Jauhari as well Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung, of South Korea, unseen, ... See all stories on this topic » | Christian Science Monitor |
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Opening Ceremony. An artist performs as huge chimneys emerge from the ground to symbolise the industrial revolution during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games on July 27, 2012 at the Olympic stadium in London.
See all stories on this topic »London Olympics: Kristin Armstrong retains cycling gold
Los Angeles Times
LONDON -- Cyclist Kristin Armstrong, who will turn 39 in 10 days, looked formidable Wednesday afternoon, successfully defending her Olympic gold in the individual time trial event. She had come out of retirement to compete in the 2012 Games, but her ...
See all stories on this topic »London Olympics: Badminton scandal rocks sport; 8 players expelled
Los Angeles Times
LONDON -- "Evening of shame." Not words you often -- if ever -- associate with the sport of badminton. But those were the words being used by British TV after eight female badminton players were kicked out of Olympic Games on Wednesday afternoon over ...
See all stories on this topic »President Obama to Michael Phelps: Hail to you, chief
Los Angeles Times
PHOTOS: Day 4 of the London Olympics. Phelps then shared the tweets with his 668000 followers. Obama has 18 million followers. Phelps also shared the greetings from John Wall of the Washington Wizards, Donte Stallworth of the New England Patriots, ...
See all stories on this topic »Badminton provides London Olympics' first scandal
San Jose Mercury News
LONDON -- Eight female badminton doubles players were disqualified Wednesday from the London Olympics after trying to lose matches to receive a more favorable place in the tournament. The Badminton World Federation announced its ruling after ...
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| London Olympics: Badminton -- no, really -- gives the Games an unlikely scandal The Star-Ledger - NJ.com “It's not in the spirit of the Olympic Games,” said Danish official Finn Traerup-Hansen, and so London had a serious scandal in an unlikely sport. Let this be a lesson: If you're going to throw a badminton game, make sure it's to your niece at the next family... See all stories on this topic » | The Star-Ledger - NJ.com |
Los Angeles Times
The company approached the London Olympics, which officially opened Friday, expecting to lose about $200 million on its coverage. But ratings for the Summer Games have been much higher than expected, which should allow the company to escape a ...
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| London Olympics: Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and Rebecca Soni move to ... The Star-Ledger - NJ.com LONDON -- Michael Phelps opened defense of his title in the 200-meter individual medley at the London Games on Wednesday, hours after becoming the most decorated Olympian ever with his 19th career medal. Phelps' time of 1 minute, 58.24 seconds was ... See all stories on this topic » | The Star-Ledger - NJ.com |
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