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- Olympic torch goes out briefly, quickly rekindledPosted: May 21, 2:58p ET | Updated: May 21, 2:58p ET
The Olympic torch was briefly snuffed out Monday during the relay leading up to the London 2012 Games.
- London flame Britain boundPosted: May 18, 11:11a ET | Updated: May 18, 1:01p ET
The Olympic flame heads to Britain to light a 70-day torch relay leading to the opening of the 2012 London Games.
- Kessy, Ross officially clinch Olympic berthPosted: May 16, 9:58a ET | Updated: May 16, 10:01a ET
The U.S. beach volleyball team of April Ross and Jennifer Kessy has qualified for their first Olympics, joining fellow Americans and two-time gold medalists Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor in the tournament.
- Volleyball great Kiraly on U.S. women's coaching staffPosted: May 14, 2:26p ET | Updated: May 14, 2:26p ET
A missed flight led to volleyball great Karch Kiraly's latest incarnation. The three-time Olympic gold medalist and beach volleyball pioneer has added to his lengthy resume by serving as assistant coach for the U.S. women's national volleyball team headed to the London Olympics.
- Motherhood big change for Walsh Jennings Posted: May 12, 3:24p ET | Updated: May 15, 5:31a ET
Preparing for the 2012 London Olympics is different for American beach volleyball champion Kerri Walsh Jennings because this time she has two kids tagging along on her training.
- Larissa/Juliana finally win a tournamentPosted: May 12, 12:19p ET | Updated: May 12, 12:19p ET
The 2012 season has gone every way but the way it was expected for the women this season.
- Losses keep mounting for May, WalshPosted: May 11, 1:10p ET | Updated: May 11, 1:15p ET
It's now official: Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings are enduring the worst stretch of their careers.
- Déjà vu: Rogers, Dalhausser lose to Latvia in BeijingPosted: May 10, 1:58p ET | Updated: May 10, 3:05p ET
Remember opening night of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament four years ago in Beijing? When the gold-medal favorites, Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser, got smacked by the 23rd-seeded Latvians?
- May/Walsh struggles continue in BeijingPosted: May 9, 1:13p ET | Updated: May 9, 1:54p ET
The two-time reigning Olympic champs lost their first pool match of the FIVB World Tour Beijing Grand Slam to a team that has never been to the Olympics and probably won't qualify this year.
- There's room at inn for Olympics...but it'll cost Posted: May 8, 9:14a ET | Updated: May 8, 9:55a ET
It's months before athletes hit the Olympic track, but time is running out for those in another fierce competition: The scramble for a place to stay in London.
- Tube officials publish London Olympic travel mapPosted: May 7, 12:10p ET | Updated: May 7, 12:10p ET
Don't say we didn't tell you.
- No shortage of gymnastics stories at London GamesPosted: May 7, 12:05p ET | Updated: May 7, 12:05p ET
China may not give an encore performance of its heavy metal show from Beijing at this summer's London Olympics, but there will be no shortage of stories as gymnastics prepares to take center stage at The O2 Arena. Aside from American medal contender Danell Leyva, here are a few of the athletes and angles worth watching this summer:
- London stages final test events before OlympicsPosted: May 7, 12:05p ET | Updated: May 7, 12:05p ET
About 75,000 fans withstood rain and cold at Olympic Park on Saturday in the final test events before the Summer Games.
- Kitesurfing replaces windsurfing at 2016 OlympicsPosted: May 7, 12:04p ET | Updated: May 7, 12:04p ET
Australian sailing officials are surprised by a decision to replace windsurfing with kitesurfing at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
- Weekend Review: Bolt's beginning, beach boys, and boxing's bestPosted: May 7, 10:42a ET | Updated: May 7, 11:31a ET
With "Cinco de Derby" and the exciting NBA playoffs you might have missed a few things that happened in Olympics news over the weekend. Don't worry, we can make you sound smart at the water cooler this morning. Probably.
- Xue/Zhang defeat Brazil for 2nd gold of seasonPosted: May 5, 10:13a ET | Updated: May 5, 10:19a ET
Xue Chen and Zhang Xi of China already have picked up two gold medals in just three events in 2012.
- Kerri Walsh Jennings cherishes motherhoodPosted: May 4, 7:49p ET | Updated: May 12, 3:51p ET
The two-time defending Olympic beach volleyball champion Kerri Walsh Jennings has plenty of reasons to be motivated for the 2012 London Games, but the biggest inspiration comes from her two young boys.
- McCutcheon perseveres with U.S. womenPosted: May 4, 5:16p ET | Updated: May 4, 5:26p ET
After leading the U.S. men's volleyball team to gold at the 2008 Olympics, Hugh McCutcheon will try to do the same with the U.S. women this summer.
- No shortage of gymnastics stories at London GamesPosted: May 4, 3:59p ET | Updated: May 23, 11:28a ET
China may not give an encore performance of its heavy metal show from Beijing at this summer's London Olympics, but there will be no shortage of stories as gymnastics prepares to take center stage at The North Greenwich Arena.
- Tired of Tebowing? Strike Usain Bolt's 'To Di World' posePosted: May 4, 1:30p ET | Updated: May 6, 9:15p ET
The IAAF is looking for the best impression of Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt's "To Di World" pose, in which he leans back, his right arm cocked and the left extended skyward.
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