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World Celebrates 50 Years From Beatles First Recording Session

Gino Geruntino — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 00:05:52 +0000

It’s been half a century since the Beatles began their first recording session. Since then, they’ve made their way into the upper echelon of musicians and became an icon for today’s greatest bands. To honor 50 years of hard work, below is the band’s famous live performance in the U.S. on the Ed Sullivan Show [...]

US Men's Basketball Team Defeats Nigeria 156-73 (Poll)

Trudy — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 16:54:54 +0000

Yesterday in London, the US Men’s Basketball team made Olympic history, blowing out Nigeria 156-73. In doing so, they broke the Olympic record for most points in a game. Should they have backed off a bit with such a wide margin? The US Men’s Olympic Basketball team beat Nigeria 156-73 yesterday. Was it poor sportmanship [...]

Australia's 2012 Olympic Boxing Team Goes Shirtless for the Games – Hunks of the Day

Coco DeWitt — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:01:34 +0000

The 2012 Olympics is the time where the hottest guys in the world all get together, take their shirts off and perform feats of strength… We mean, they compete in athletic events. In preparation for this televised competition, many, like the men from the Australian boxing team, took “preview” shots — shall we say — of all we can expect coming out of London this year.

Sad to See Olympic Swimmer Matt Grevers Go Off the Market – Hunk of the Day

Coco DeWitt — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Matt Grevers is the Olympic swimmer everyone’s been talking about lately for surprising his girlfriend Annie Chandler with a marriage proposal at the Missouri Grand Prix. If we weren’t in love with him before, we are now ’cause that proposal was quite adorable.

Winter Olympics Anniversary

Eric Meier — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:07:41 +0000

It was on this date back in 1924 that the very first Winter Olympic games opened. France was the host country. I found some amazing footage of that very first Winter Olympiad to share with you. What is your favorite event in the winter games? Mine is curling followed by ski jumping.