2012 Olympics

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

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.

Don Deane

Michael Phelps Shatters Olympics Record with 19th Career Medal

Michael Phelps has managed to swim into history.

Drew Weisholtz

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

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! Read Mo

Alexandra Capotorto