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Durant Ignites U.S. To Rout Of Argentina, Quarterfinal Matchup With Australia

Kevin Durant shot the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team out of trouble, and right into the top seed in their group.

2012/08/06

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Carmelo Anthony, Team USA Ready For Old Rival Argentina

This was the plan all along: Get to the final week of the Olympic tournament healthy and playing well.

2012/08/06

Andy Murray Takes Olympic Gold In London; Focus Shifts To US Open

Murray and Co. now will turn to the hard-court circuit leading up to the U.S. Open. But the Olympic experience had a captivating effect on many of the players.

2012/08/06

Carmelo Anthony (credit: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

Carmelo Anthony, Team USA Put On Olympic Clinic In Record-Shattering Win

The U.S. team had scored 100 points by the middle of the third quarter. It was that kind of night for the Americans.

2012/08/03

Mitt Romney at 10 Downing Street (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

Opinion: Mitt Romney’s Terrible Foreign Trip

Mitt’s terrible foreign trip isn’t just bad press and a campaign stumble. In diplomacy gaffes, missteps, and offenses have real consequences for our national security and the peace and stability of the world.

2012/08/02

Reclusive Philanthropist Gives Brooklyn Park $50 Million, Along With Peculiar Demand

Believe it or not, a rundown warehouse on the waterfront is the repository of one man’s dream. Joshua Rechnitz is willing to put his money where his mouth is to build a state-of-the-art cycling track.

2012/07/31

Opinion: Hopefully For Romney ‘Likability’ Won’t Be Important In 2012

When Mitt is back home, will the offensive comments stop? Republicans can only hope so because this race is too important to be decided by “how much America likes one guy over another”. But such a factor could very well decide the outcome of this election.

2012/07/31

Scott Stringer with other officials calling on the IOC to honor the Munich 11 (credit: Scott Stringer/Facebook)

NYC Officials Hold Moment Of Silence For The Munich 11

It is being viewed as a dramatic slap in the face by the International Olympic Committee — refusing to observe a moment of silence for the Israeli athletes massacred 40 years ago at the Munich games.

2012/07/27

Miranda Lambert, Eric Church, Taylor Swift, More Make US Olympics Team Pregame Playlists

Members of the US Olympic team share favorites from their workout playlists, and for some, this includes plenty of country music.

2012/07/27

Opinion: Romney Falls Flat In London But Still Rakes In Cash From Libor Bankers

Mitt Romney insulted Britain’s preparations for the Olympics and inspired quotes like “apparently devoid of charm, warmth, humor or sincerity” and “worse than Sarah Palin” before cashing campaign checks from bankers and lobbyists who are at the center of the Libor scandal.

2012/07/27

The Olympic rings hang from Tower Bridge - Longon, England (credit: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/GettyImages)

Rep. Steve Israel Wants Munich Victims Honored At London Olympics

Some members of Congress, including several from New York, want the International Olympic Committee to honor the Israeli athletes and coaches who were killed at the Munich games in 1972.

2012/07/26