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*Mementos from the 2012 Olympics performance of gymnast Gabrielle Douglas will be displayed in the Smithsonian Institution, the museum announced. The gold medal winner’s wrist tape, uneven-bar grips and access credentials to the London games are among the keepsakes Douglas donated to the Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, and [...]
*Looks like Hoda Kotb is positioning herself to make some industry power moves. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The co-host of the fourth hour of NBC’s “Today” has signed with CAA for representation. She had previously been with the smaller New York-based N.S. Bienstock. Kotb began hosting the 10 a.m. hour of “Today” when it [...]
*Gabby Douglas is bringing her life story to the pages of an “inspirational memoir” for a HarperCollins imprint, the gold medal gymnast announced this morning. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] “Grace, Gold and Glory, My Leap of Faith,’’ due in December, will detail her journey to gold in the London Olympics. There will be many [...]
*Gabrielle Douglas, who on Thursday became the first African American gymnast to win the all-around event at the Olympics, helped NBC draw 35.7 million viewers, according to fast affiliate numbers. That’s up eight percent from the same night at the Beijing Olympics four years ago. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Already a team gold medal [...]
*(Via the Daily Beast) – They don’t call it the XXX Olympics for nothing. They are everywhere on television: dripping wet, heavy-breathing, half-naked men. No, this isn’t a gay-porn channel—it’s just the men’s swimming competition during the Summer Olympics. Ripped, tanned men seemingly carved out of marble are making women and gay men happy—very happy—during [...]
*Gabrielle Douglas just won her second Olympic gold medal of the London Summer Games, taking the individual all-around event to match her performance anchoring the U.S. team’s first-place performance earlier this week. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Douglas scored 15.500 or higher in her first three rotations, with an emphatic 15.966 on her vault. Her final score was [...]
*Serena Williams advanced to the Olympic semifinals in tennis early Thursday, while her older sister Venus squandered a lead in each set Wednesday and lost her third-round match to No. 7-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5). [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Serena breezed by former No. 1-ranked Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark 6-0, [...]
*NBC has denied a story in today’s New York Daily News that claims Hoda Kotb, co-host of “Today’s” fourth hour, has been dispatched to London to help rejuvenate the morning show’s Olympics coverage in the midst of plummeting ratings. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The paper cited “a network insider” who said Kotb was supposed [...]
*Michelle Obama told U.S. Olympians she was “beyond proud” of them this morning, just hours before the evening’s opening ceremony for the 2012 Summer Olympics. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Over breakfast at an east London sports center with some of Team USA – including women’s basketball players, fencing competitors and members of the track [...]
*Boxing icon Muhammad Ali has added fuel to rumors that he’s to take part in the opening ceremony of the London Olympics Friday after arriving in the U.K. capital this week. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The retired athlete, who suffers from Parkinson’s disease, traveled to the city to attend the Beyond Sport award ceremony [...]
*After initially denying press credentials to Britain’s largest newspaper, The Voice, The British Olympic Association has reversed its decision. In a statement the British Olympics Association (BOA) said: “We are pleased to confirm that the IOC have awarded an accreditation to the BOA, which will be allocated to The Voice.” This will give The Voice, [...]
*(Via theGrio) – Black Britons have expressed outrage that Britain’s longest serving and biggest black newspaper, The Voice, has been denied accreditation to the Olympic Stadium. In an interview with theGrio, Sports Editor Rodney Hinds says staff at the paper “are stunned by the decision” and the “outpouring of support from our community has been [...]
*Gymnastics is going to be a beautifully stunning event this coming Olympic games as 16-year-old Gabby Douglas garners support from across the nation to be picked to represent the U.S. Following in the footsteps of Dominique Dawes, Douglas has been dubbed the flying squirrel for her graceful movements and charming personality. Critics and fans are [...]
*A bevy of musical stars, including Jay-Z, Rihanna, David Guetta and Elton John, will take part in the London 2012 Festival, a cultural celebration across Britain tied to the Summer Olympics that kicks off on Thursday. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Films from such directors as Alfred Hitchcock and Mike Leigh and art from Yoko [...]
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