Olympics Photo of the Day: U.S. Gymnast Gabrielle Douglas

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London Olympics 2012 Photo of the Day

American gymnast Gabrielle Douglas eyes perfection on the uneven bars during the team portion of the women's gymnastics competition. Her stellar performance ultimately earned her a spot on the gymnastics all-around for Team USA.

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2012 Summer Olympics: Watch The Opening Ceremony Tonight

James Bond and a Beatle Headline Opening Ceremony

The 2012 Summer Olympics: What to Watch, July 27
The Opening Ceremony
Time: 7:30 pm Eastern (tape delay), NBC

Years of preparation and months of hype are finally giving way to actual competition, but today's highlight is undoubtedly the Opening Ceremony kicking off the Games of the XXX Olympiad (careful when you Google that phrase, by the way).

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Which Country has the Most Gold Medals Over the Last Five Olympics?

The United States, China, Russia and Germany top the list heading into London.

As we head into the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, we take a moment to look back at the gold medal-winning dominance of the United States over the past five games. Here's a look at how the U.S., China, Russia and other countries stack up in the medal count.

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2012 Olympics: USA Basketball Is Not Guaranteed Gold

America will be challenged in the London Olympics.

The majority of the 2008 Beijing Olympics “Redeem Team” — the gold medal squad led by LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Paul — returns to defend its global roundball crown.

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5 Olympic Sports The United States Sucks At

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Hey, we can win them all

Numbers do not lie. With 2296 cumulative medals in the Summer Olympics, the United States is irrefutably the most dominant participating country in the history of the Olympic Games. Despite this, there are events in which the U.S. has seen little success. Here are five events where you'll be certain not to see an American atop the podium.

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Funniest Official 2012 London Olympic Headshots

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The official 2012 London Olympic headshots have to be seen to be believed.

The official 2012 London Olympic headshots have to be seen to be believed. And even then, they don’t seem real. Here’s a few of the world’s worst photos of the world’s finest athletes.

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The Weirdest Olympic Sports of All-Time

Examining some of the strangest sports of the games

The 2012 Summer Olympics are just around the corner. Millions of viewers around the world will be glued to their TV sets watching popular events such as basketball, gymnastics and swimming. But there are some sports, historically and today, that have us wondering one thing—WHY?!

Here is a look at some of the weirdest actual events in the history of the modern Olympics.

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Dream Team Still Defines Olympic Greatness

USA Basketball's best-ever squad turns 20 this year.

Eleven future Hall of Famers — Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Scottie Pippen, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Chris Mullin and Clyde Drexler — and one college kid, Duke’s Christian Laettner, changed the game of basketball forever with a once-in-a-lifetime, whirlwind tour during the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

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11 Olympians Who Are More Famous for Something Else

These athletes made their mark away from the games.

For these former 11 Olympians, being famous for their athletic efforts at the games just wasn't enough.

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Why the 1972 USA Basketball Team Should Have Won Olympic Gold

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The infamous game was a horribly unfair Olympic moment.

Before the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, Doug Collins was invited to speak to the U.S. men’s basketball team at a Las Vegas training camp. Collins talked about his experience at the 1972 Games in Munich.