March 19, 2013 First of all, it's amazing to me when I find out that so many recreational sports have professional teams. How do you get to become a professional tugger in tug of war anyway? Now leaders for professional ice fishing have put in a bid to have their athletes tested for performance-enhancing drugs.
December 7, 2012 He starred as Tarzan in 12 movies between 1932 and 1948 and then 16 Jungle Jim movies after that. Today is the date in history when Johnny Wiesmuller set the then record for the 150-yard freestyle swim in 1925. Weismuller was a world class athlete who won a gold medal at the 1924 Olympics, then five more at the 1928 Olympics. In 1931, MGM cast him to play Tarzan the Ape Man and he kept himself in shape right thru the end of the series in 1948. The film series moved to TV in 1966.
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:
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:
August 7, 2012 It’s hard not to watch Olympic coverage on TV. The summer and winter games come only every four years so a lot of people feel they’re missing a piece of history if they don’t tune in – at least I do.
Following the London Games, the Olympics moves on to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2016. Three cities are in contention for the 2020 games – Tokyo, Japan, Istanbul, Turkey and Madrid, Spain.
A Fredonia native has earned a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London! Jenn Suhr, a pole vaulter for the USA, earned a gold medal on Monday afternoon with a vault of 4.75 meters. This win was big for Suhr because she was going up against Russia's
If you blinked while watching the Olympics over the weekend, you just may have missed the fastest man in the world, “Bolt” by! That’s right, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt is again the fastest man in the 100 meter dash. Bolt crushed his old record of 9.69 and set a new standard with a run of 9.63. That’s lightning fast! Yohan Blake (Jamaica) (9.75) was awarded the Silver medal and USA’s Justin Gatlin (9.79) won Bronze! Check out the race here….
The United States won six gold medals on Thursday to jump ahead of China in the overall medal count. Here’s Thursday’s Olympic Games’ recap:
China and the United States seem to be running away with most of the medals in this 2012 Olympics. As of this morning China leads the way with 17 gold and 30 total medals. United States is close behind in the medal count with 29, but only 12 of them are gold! France has 13 total medals and Korea has 12, but Korea is ranked #3 in the medal standings because
Michael Phelps has managed to swim into history.
July 31, 2012 Last night, I did what many people end up doing late at night when the Olympics are on: I found myself watching a sport that I didn't even know existed. It was called the men's canoe doubles, and it looked ridiculously hard. Which got me thinking -- what is the hardest event at this year's Summer Games?
July 29, 2012 Elma native Eric Kaminski is an Olympic medal winner. He and teammates Brady Ellison and Jacob Wukie settled for silver when Italy's Michele Frangilli was perfect on the final shot of the match to claim the gold for the Italians by just one point. It was the first-ever gold medal in archery for Italy and the silver was the best finish for American archers since 1996.
