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2012 London Gold Medals 'Sold' for $10M: BBC

Mary Papenfuss — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:41:13 CDT

A boxing official made arrangements to "sell" two 2012 Olympic gold medals to the Azerbaijani team for $10 million, according to an investigation by the BBC . Millions of dollars in secret payments have already been made to international boxing organization World Series Boxing, sources say. In exchange, the head of...

Cyclist Surrenders Gold Medal Over Doping

John Johnson — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:17:45 CDT

Congratulations, Viatcheslav Ekimov of Russia. It looks like you've won the gold medal in cycling at the 2004 Olympics. The US cyclist originally awarded the medal, Tyler Hamilton, surrendered it last week and has admitted to doping, reports Bloomberg . Hamilton also is making headlines by accusing former Tour de France...

Robert Gibbs Settles Up, Dons Canada Jersey

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:33:29 CST

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs came to his daily on-camera briefing today wearing a red-and-white Canadian hockey jersey—the result of not one, but two losing bets on the US-Canadian rivalry at the recent Winter Olympics.

Canada Peed in Unison During Hockey Final

Kevin Spak — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:39:00 CST

Apparently most of Canada was holding it during the gold medal hockey game. Water consumption spiked wildly between the game’s periods, as much of the city ran to the bathroom, according to this incredible graph from Edmonton’s water utility. During the final moments of the game, and during the medal...

US Dominates New Sports, Old Soviet Strongholds

Harry Kimball — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:44:00 CST

Nate Silver hears the “cynical perspectives” on the US’ record take of 37 medals at the Vancouver Olympics: that newfound dominance is based on the inclusion of “new-fangled sports" like snowboarding and short-track. It’s not particularly valid. If you look only at events contested in the 1988 Calgary Games, it’s...

37 US Medals Set Record, Canada Scores Most Gold

Kevin Spak — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:42:00 CST

The US and Canada each set Winter Olympic medal records yesterday, after a men’s hockey final that’s already being talked about as one of the greatest games of all time. Canada came away with 14 gold medals, the most any country has ever won in the winter games, while the...

Canada Works OT for Gold

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:17:56 CST

This was best possible way for Canada to end the Olympics. Sidney Crosby, shut down most of the tournament, wristed a shot past Ryan Miller 7:40 into overtime after Team USA tied the score with 24.4 seconds left in regulation, and Canada survived a tense, taut game to...

IOC Probing Boozy Hockey Gold Party

Rob Quinn — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:32:00 CST

Canada's victorious women's hockey team should have left the ice before they cracked open celebratory beers and champagne, said the executive director of the International Olympic Committee. "It is not what we want to see," Gilbert Felli told AP . "I don't think it's a good promotion of sport values. If...

Canadian Women Top US, Claim Hockey Gold

Will McCahill — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:49:03 CST

Marie-Philip Poulin’s two first-period goals stood up tonight as the Canadian women’s hockey team shut out the US, 2-0, to claim the gold medal at the Vancouver Olympics. Shannon Szabados turned away all 28 shots she faced. It’s the third consecutive gold for the Canadians, who have won 15 Olympic...