Carmelo Anthony and Team USA clobbered Serbia 96-66 in Sunday’s gold medal game to close out the Olympic tournament. Anthony has never won an NBA title and has only been past the second round in the playoffs once, yet it’s his third-straight gold medal, and capped 12 years of his involvement with Team USA. After […]
Global Olympic gold medals per capita are at their lowest point since the first modern Olympics in 1896. There are 306 events at the Olympics this summer, with one gold medal per event. There are more than 7.3 billion people worldwide. That’s fewer than 42 events for every billion people, and that ratio has been […]
Global Olympic gold medals per capita are at their lowest point since the first modern Olympics in 1896. There are 306 events at the Olympics this summer, with one gold medal per event. There are more than 7.3 billion people worldwide. That’s fewer than 42 events for every billion people, and that ratio has been […]
The Olympic stadium was quiet on Wednesday morning, and spectators in the sparsely filled stands seemed to pay little notice to South African runner Caster Semenya as she cruised to an easy win in her first-round heat of the 800 meters. But on Saturday evening, when Semenya will contest the 800-meter final, she’ll have the […]
The Olympic stadium was quiet on Wednesday morning, and spectators in the sparsely filled stands seemed to pay little notice to South African runner Caster Semenya as she cruised to an easy win in her first-round heat of the 800 meters. But on Saturday evening, when Semenya will contest the 800-meter final, she’ll have the […]
