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At this point, I'm just going to assume that NBC is giving all of us a giant middle finger as it swims around in a hot tub full of $100 bills from monopolizing American TV coverage of the Olympics once again. But this time NBC outdid itself, going to commercial while live game action was happening in the gold medal basketball game between the United States and Spain...

The United States surpassed the 100-medal mark during another record-setting day at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Saturday. Here’s a recap of the day’s highlights:

NBC’s round the clock coverage of the 2012 Olympics has yielded hours and hours of video goodness – from hurdler Michelle Jenneke’s hypnotic warm up dance to an pole vaulter’s shattering fall.

As if there hasn't already been a South Korean Olympian jobbed at these Olympic Games, now another will not be receiving a medal they rightfully earned. This time, soccer player Park Jong-woo will be denied a bronze medal that his team rightfully won in the bronze medal match against Japan, for displaying a politically charged sign after the match...

Another piece of Olympic history was made on Saturday, as the west African nation of Gabon won its first ever Olympic medal, with Anthony Obame taking the silver in the heavyweight division of Taekwondo. He nearly won gold, taking the final match with Italy's Carlo Molfetta into overtime, with Molfetta winning in a decision after the score remained tied...

To say that I've been critical of NBC's coverage of the 2012 London Olympics would be one of the greatest understatements of all time. I have not been alone, however, in my criticisms, including my belief that the Opening Ceremony should have been streamed live for American viewers...

I've watched more of the Olympics than I ever have this year (no thanks to NBC), and one tradition has really caught my attention. That tradition is the biting of Olympic medals by athletes who win them. It is a hunk of metal, so why in the world would anyone put their mouth on it...

We live in a sick world. Caster Semenya, a South African sprinter, has been embroiled in controversy over her gender for years. Now that we are in an Olympic year, that controversy has reared its ugly head once again. And while she won a silver medal in the 800m today, many still will not give her the credit she deserves, opting to claim that she is not who she says she is once again...

There have been sad stories from this year's Olympic Games, such as the tale of Shin A Lam. There have been tales of triumph, such as Mo Farah of Great Britain winning both the 10,000m and 5,000m gold medals in front of his home crowd. But the greatest tale of sheer toughness in this year's Olympics didn't end up on the medal stand...

We’ll all remember the 2012 London Games for having some of the best moments in Olympic history. How can we forget the star-studded opening with Mr. Bean? Oh, right, there were games too.

The USA men's basketball team played Argentina in the group stage of the Olympic tournament. It was a close game through one half, then the Americans seized control in the latter stages to win comfortably. Today's semifinal followed the same script, with the US winning 109-83.

The U.S. women’s 4x100 relay team took care of business earlier today in record fashion, destroying the world record on their way to gold in the event for the first time since 1996. The women clocked a time of 40.82, over a half of a second quicker than the 41.37 mark that stood as the benchmark since 1985.