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Olympic Gold Medals Aren't Really Gold at All — Find Out What They're Made Of

Don Deane — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 20:20:29 +0000

If there’s one thing we’ve always taken for granted regarding the Olympics, it’s that gold medals are actually made out of gold. So imagine our surprise when we learned that this year’s first place medals are mostly silver.

Michael Phelps Shatters Olympics Record with 19th Career Medal

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:47:37 +0000

Michael Phelps has managed to swim into history. Phelps set the record for most Olympic medals won by an individual when he picked up his 19th on Tuesday by leading the US to a gold in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay in London. It was the first gold medal of these Games for Phelps. Phelps has [...]

U.S. Women's Olympic Soccer Team Rocks Out to Miley Cyrus' 'Party in the U.S.A.'

Alexandra Capotorto — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:00:21 +0000

It looks like user submitted cover videos of everyone’s favorite songs is the way to get famous nowadays. Sex tapes are soooo passe. It was really Carly Rae Jepsen‘s ‘Call Me Maybe’ that started the whole trend. Everyone from actor James Franco to shirtless Abercrombie + Fitch boys seemed to jump on the Jepsen train. But now some really big stars (and stripes) are getting in on the action!