It was a long wait for her shot at redemption, but when the call came, Hope Solo responded where others have failed — Solo shut out the might Brazilian team as the Women’s U.S. Soccer team beat Brazil 1-0 for the Olympic gold medal.
The lone goal was provided by Carli Lloyd in the first stanza [...]

While the track and field portion of the Beijing Olympics have been slightly disappointing for Team USA, there have been flashes of greatness as well. No, the Americans didn’t have their normal-dominant outing in the sprint events but you can blame the incredible Jamaican track team for that. But, thanks to the 400-meter [...]

Misty May-Treanor (I hate hyphens) and Kerri Walsh are America’s golden girls again — with no offense to Nastia or Shawn — repeating as beach volleyball Olympic Champions, something that’s never been done since the sport was admitted into the competition list. This time, the devastating duo beat hometown favorites Tian Jia and Wang [...]

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Our Jason Kidd watch continues with some great news!!! What the Kidd Did is still perfect from the field for these Olympics after going two-for-two against Australia today.
Still batting 1.000, y’all. What?
For the Olympics, Kidd is four-for-four from the field, with two of those makes being outside shots. Even [...]

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Folks, you are looking at what could be the best sprinter to ever run at the Olympics — Usain Bolt. Bolt has just broken Michael Johnson’s 200-meter record on route to his second gold medal in another eye-popping performance. The old record — 19.32 – Bolt’s time — 19.30.
That’s just inhuman.
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With all the Phelps/Johnson/Liukin/Redeem Team hype going on, some of our other winning athletes are lost in the shuffle. Because of that, I like to use this Forgotten Gold topic to shine a deserving light on their performance. In this case, allow me to introduce Stephanie Brown Trafton, the gold medal winner [...]