Olympic Summer Games NewsOlympic Summer Games news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.We weren't interested ... until they started- August 13, 2008 Nobody was going to watch the Summer Olympics, yet five days into the Games everybody is talking about them.http://www.topix.net/olympics/summer/2008/08/we-werent-interested-until-they-started?fromr... Today's Olympics News Roundup- August 13, 2008 With two more wins, Phelps now has more gold medals than any athlete in history; China edges U.S. in women's gymnastics team competition; U.S. softball team demolishes Aussies with no-hitter; U.S. men's soccer ...http://www.topix.net/olympics/summer/2008/08/todaya-s-olympics-news-roundup?fromrss=1 China edges Americans for gold medal in gymnastics- August 13, 2008 China won its first Olympic gold medal in women's gymnastics, taking the most important title in its rivalry with the Americans.http://www.topix.net/olympics/summer/2008/08/china-edges-americans-for-gold-medal-in-gymna... Men's Water Polo Team Defies Early Expectations- August 13, 2008 It should come as no surprise that the U.S. men's water polo team came into these Beijing Games with less than lofty expectations - considering that Las Vegas is putting the odds at 80:1 for the team to win an ...http://www.topix.net/olympics/summer/2008/08/mens-water-polo-team-defies-early-expectation... Nigeria eliminates U.S. men's soccer team- August 13, 2008 Michael Orozco is very luckyA that Americans don't take their soccer as seriously as English fans.http://www.topix.net/olympics/summer/2008/08/nigeria-eliminates-u-s-mens-soccer-team?fromr... Coughlin just fine with bronze in 200 IM- August 13, 2008 Under the intense, world-wide glare of the Olympic Games, it's sometimes easy to get preoccupied with a medal's color - gold, silver, bronze - rather than appreciate the deeper meaning behind the hardware.http://www.topix.net/olympics/summer/2008/08/coughlin-just-fine-with-bronze-in-200-im?from... Empty seats at Olympic venues- August 13, 2008 After the first few days of the Beijing Games, some cracks have appeared in China's perfect party - empty seats at the venues, disappointing crowds at the Olympic grounds, ticket scalping, a lack of buzz around ...http://www.topix.net/olympics/summer/2008/08/empty-seats-at-olympic-venues?fromrss=1 U.S. basketball team routs Angola- August 13, 2008 The U.S. men&8217;s Olympic team wrapped up the easy portion of its schedule Tuesday night with a 97-76 win against overmatched Angola.Dwyane Wade scored 19 points, Dwight Howard scored 14 and LeBron James and ...http://www.topix.net/olympics/summer/2008/08/u-s-basketball-team-routs-angola?fromrss=1 Records continue to fall as Phelps scores two more golds- August 13, 2008 As Mark Spitz's record of seven golds in one Games came closer to falling, world records continued to tumble.http://www.topix.net/olympics/summer/2008/08/records-continue-to-fall-as-phelps-scores-two... Phelps wins 4th Olympic gold in 200 butterfly- August 13, 2008 BEIJING - Michael Phelps became the first Olympian in history to win 10 gold medals by winning the 200-meter butterfly tonight, setting another world record in the process.http://www.topix.net/olympics/summer/2008/08/phelps-wins-4th-olympic-gold-in-200-butterfly... |