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Outside of the physical training athletes endure, there is a great deal of mental preparation that makes contenders into winners. Olympic snowboarder Jamie Anderson did just that when she listened to Nas‘ “I Can” before and during her gold medal winning run at Sochi.

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The Salt Lake City Tribune, Utah’s biggest news paper in a heavily Mormon town, has endorsed President Obama in this year’s election, over their “adopted son” Mitt Romney. In an article published Friday (Oct. 19), the Tribune attributes their endorsement of President Obama to Romney being  “the party’s shape-shifting nominee.”

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Gabby Douglas didn’t do as well during Monday’s (Aug. 6) uneven bars competition, but she’s still has two gold medals to her name. The 16-year-old phenom hit a snag falling to last place of eight competitors. “Toward the end of the Olympics, you get physically tired and drained. And no matter how much rest you […]

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Let’s get this out of the way right now, this is the most Hip-Hop influenced Olympics in it’s history. With Olympic swimmers Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps wearing grills and paying homage to Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy respectively; along with Gymnast Gabby Douglas hitting her dougie, who would’ve thought Hip-Hop would take it this […]

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Like the good folks over at Grantland stated before their post, let’s be clear that Gabby Douglas is an American hero we are talking about here. She may have the grace of a butterfly placed on top of the finger of a ballerina riding a unicorn, but boy is this a poor excuse for a […]

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Dr. Dre’s Beats By Dre marketing company has been in a little bit of hot water with the International Olympic Committee. Despite strict IOC rules regarding any non-rights holder advertising around the Olympics, Dr. Dre’s designer headphone company has taken aim at Great Britain athletes without the knowledge of the British Olympic Association. Olympic heroes Michael Phelps, Sun Yang, […]

lebron james, michael jordan, News, Sports, Video

Kobe Bryant made news, and earned epic levels of commentary and slander, when he said his current Olympic basketball squad would beat the 1992 Dream Team if they met on the court. In an interview with ABC News, LeBron James was asked what he thought about Kobe’s prediction and if he agreed. King James gave […]

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Tony Parker’s $20,000,000 lawsuit may not have meant much to a lot of his fans, but the fact that he can miss the upcoming Olympic Games because of the Chris Brown/Drake fiasco may change things. According to reports, Tony Parker almost lost an eyeball during the bottle throwing fracas. Parker’s cornea was scratched in the fight, […]

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Jay-Z and Rihanna  will be the two headline acts in the popular music lineup for the London 2012 Olympic Games, The BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend.

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Caster Semenya, the South African distance runner was cleared for competition after it was determined that she was a woman. Semenya, who won the 800 meter race at the world championships, had her gender questioned.  The speculations on her gender, due to her deep voice, and improvement in speed and muscle, were questioned by authorities.  […]

obama, Politics

For anyone looking to bask in the celebratory ambiance while catch a breeze from Lake Michigan, there is always next year, figuratively speaking anyway. Delegation from Chicago threw everything they had into the effort to elevate their city to a national level that it has never achieved by bringing the 2016 Olympic games to the […]