olympics

Once again, American swimmer Michael Phelps gobbled up the gold at the Olympics, taking home four more top medals and an additional two silver medals.

The 2012 Summer Olympics, a UFC rematch and the PGA Tour’s last major of 2012 highlight the upcoming TV sports calendar. Here’s what to watch this weekend:

The United States won nine medals, including five golds, to take a commanding lead in the overall medal count at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Thursday. Here’s a recap of the day’s highlights:

Usain Bolt slowed down towards the end of the men's 200m final, but he didn't need to give 100 percent, winning the gold and sweeping the 100m and 200m events for the second straight Olympic Games, all as one third of a Jamaican medal sweep in the event...

After losing to Japan on penalty kicks in the championship game of the 2011 Women's World Cup, the United States women's soccer team got their revenge, winning the gold medal match 2-1 for their third consecutive gold medal.

Led by seven medals from its track athletes, the United States ran past China into the lead in the overall medal count at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Wednesday. Here’s a recap of the day’s highlights:

After receiving a lot of hype heading into the 2012 Olympic Games, hurdler Lolo Jones failed to receive a medal in the 100m hurdles, finishing fourth. Jones, who has gained a lot of notoriety for both her speedy recovery from spinal cord surgery and her willingness to profess her religious beliefs, including her decision to remain abstinent, has undergone tons of criticism after failing to live up

USA Basketball has a storied history over the last 20 years, from the Dream Team until today (I am doing what everyone in America should do by pretending that the 2004 Olympic Basketball team never even existed). That history never included a triple double, until LeBron James changed that with his performance in today's 33 point win over Australia in the quarterfinals of the Olympic tournament...

Last night, I posted a video of German weightlifter Matthias Steiner who nearly decapitated himself with 432 pounds in competition. Today, the Olympics once again stopped being a safe, triumphant celebration of sport, and momentarily turned into a terrifyingly dangerous collection of events...

It’s taken 3 trips to the Olympics, and many close calls, but American track and field star Allyson Felix has finally achieved her longtime goal. Earlier today Felix won the 200 meter, earning her the first Olympic gold medal of her impressive career.

At an NFL preseason game on Thursday night, history will be made: A woman will be part of an NFL officiating crew for the first time.

Olympic weightlifting is probably one of the coolest events in all of the Games. Nothing says "I'm ridiculously manly" quite like being able to lift hundreds and hundreds of pounds over your head like it's nothing. However, during today's competition in the snatch discipline, Matthias Steiner of Germany nearly took the competition from cool to gruesome...