Winning means reward and losing means punishment for North Korean Olympians

  Every Olympian that lose  is heartbroken, upset or angry. They face harsh comments, disappointment, and some times  consequences but nothing can compare to North Korea’s punishment for losing competitors, especially for the ones that lose to rival countries like U.S and North Korea. ABC reported Thursday that the state offers a carrot-and-stick approach to the […]

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A Disturbing Fact About Olympic Swimming

  Public pools are known to be pretty unsanitary with so many people using the same pool, not enough chlorine and the fact that 1 out of every 5 adults admitting to peeing in a pool. But when it comes to Olympics you would expect pools to be more clean and sanitary after all its a […]

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Young Girl Jeered After What Some Say Was The ‘Worst National Anthem Ever’ at MLS game

  11-year-old Texas girl was harshly criticized for her rendition of the “Star-Spangled Banner” at a Major League Soccer match and her parents are defending their daughter amid  what they are calling “mean and hateful” attacks. Harper Gruzins, of Coppell, Texas, admitted it wasn’t her “best performance” at Saturday’s Dallas-Los Angeles soccer match, but said […]

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NFL star committed suicide at his old highschool

Due to an Injury, OJ Murdock had never played in the NFL. When he failed to report to Tennessee Titans training camp last week, Titans head coach said “He had some personal things come up.” last Saturday. Then Tampa police released a report saying O.J. Murdock had killed himself Monday morning in front of the Tampa, Florida, high school where he […]

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Another Olympian ejected from the games after racist tweet

  Swiss soccer player- Michel Morganella- was expelled from the Olympics on Monday for his threatening and racist message that he posted on Twitter about South Koreans hours after Switzerland Lost to South Korea. the 23-year-old player said in his tweet that South Koreans “can go burn” and he referred to them as a “Bunch of […]

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France Rallies to Beat United States in Men’s 4×100 Swim Relay

    France beat the United States in the men’s 4×100-meter swimming relay on Sunday, with Michael Phelps and the United States taking a silver medal.   The medal is the 17th for Phelps, and puts him one behind Larisa Latynina, a Soviet gymnast who earned nine golds, five silvers and four bronzes between 1956 […]

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Cabbie turns taxi into hotel for Olympics

    A London cabbie turns his taxi into a hotel-for-one during the Olympic Games. CNN’s Rosie Tomkins checks it out.   Take the scarcity and expense of hotel accommodations in London this mix that with the missing revenue of London Cabbies (due to the restricted Olympic Lanes) and you would get something like a taxi-bed. One driver seen an opportunity while he […]

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Ryan Lochte was barred from wearing his custom grill on the medal stand

  Is there a dress code for the medal stand at the Olympics? American swimmer Ryan Lochte wanted to wear his custom  red, white and blue grill, which represents his country, on the medal stand after winning the 400 IM. But some IOC official informed him that wearing his bling would result in failure to […]

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