It was just sixteen years ago when Dominique Dawes was in the same "leotard" as Gabby Douglas. A young, African- American teen, going for the gold in the Olympics in a sport where black women were not prevalent. After yesterday's win in the Olympic All-Around, Douglas became the first black Olympic gymnast to win All-Around […]
A very engaged Lebron James caused quite the controversy after asking Olympic swimmer, Lauren Perdue, out on a date! Perdue denied James. “Lebron James just invited me to dinner… Um wuuuutttt?!?” she tweeted. She posted a photo of herself and Lebron to Instagram with the caption: "Oh heyy Lebron." Read more at The Urban Daily. […]
LONDON (AP) — For 16 years, the Magnificent Seven defined the U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics program, setting the standard by which every American team is judged. There is gold. And there is everything else. Now — finally — there is the team known as the "Fierce Five." Jordyn Wieber. Gabby Douglas. McKayla Maroney. Aly Raisman. […]
U.S. Olympian Destinee Hooker is not letting the media affect her name or her game. Hooker, who is a member of the U.S. indoor volleyball team, has been criticized for her last name. She said being ridiculed about her name is nothing new. "I have been dealing with it since I was a child. People […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Olympics are so popular at City Hall that Los Angeles workers are being urged to pull the plug or risk a municipal computer meltdown. Randi Levin, chief technology officer for California's largest city, sent an email Tuesday to thousands of city employees, asking them to stop watching the games online […]
Huggy Lowdown jokes with the crew about the Olympic's lateness, joking "breaking news, Jesse Owens just won his 4th gold medal." Listen to hear his take on Kobe Bryant and the Cowboys as well on TJMS.
Jeff Johnson talks with TJMS about the five things we must know about the Olympics.
The 2012 London Olympics are well underway and if you have not had or taken the time to watch any of the hours of coverage being broadcast by all of NBC’s platforms, you have missed a lot. But if you missed the opening ceremony, in my opinion you didn’t miss an event with the abstractly […]
So, BAW readers, precisely because no one asked me to, in this column I’m going to give my assessment of the Olympic Games, now in their first week. I have to ‘fess up: there are only a few sports I’m interested in watching when it comes to the Olympics. I’ll start off with men’s basketball. […]
Huggy Lowdown on the Olympics or the Bootleg Olympics, joking "Phelps looks like he rather take a nap than a lap." Listen to hear more on Huggy Lowdown's hilarious perspective on the Olympics.
LONDON (AP) — Who said sportswear can't be chic? The athletes' parade during Friday's opening ceremony might as well have been a catwalk show, with some of fashion's biggest names — Armani, Prada, Ralph Lauren, Stella McCartney — designing the team uniforms. Many in the fashion industry are already calling this the most stylish Olympics […]
My very first trip abroad happened at what could be considered the worst possible time. Iʼd been laid off for more than a year, and after a number of fruitless interviews I was officially burned out. Then, a friend of mine announced that she wanted to celebrate her birthday in London. There was only about […]
