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Richard Sandomir from the New York Times has a great insider look at the amount of events being called from 30 Rockefeller Plaza and the temporarily vacant set stage of Saturday Night Live. So if you just thought it was Marcelo Balboa and Brandi Chastain calling games from here in the United States because it was SOCCER, throw in archery, badminton, ...

Warning - Injury Ummm... yeah.

What's up everybody? Good morning and welcome to LIVE coverage of the the US Men's final group match against Nigeria. I'm Graig and I am up early again on the east coast to watch and comment on the encounter. If you are watching the game with me please feel free to comment and react in the comments section below. If you haven't seen the match yet ...

The US Women's Olympic Team came through against New Zealand and had the Japan v Norway match go their way as well to not only advance but to win the group. In order for the US team to have won their group, they needed to not only beat New Zealand, have Japan beat undefeated Norway, but also to make up a goal differential that saw them at -1 while ...

In February, six adidas athletes headed to Beijing to get some training in and get a little bit more familiar with the city. This also was the perfect time for 180 Amsterdam to get some incredible images that make up their "Impossible is Nothing, Gold is Not a Given" print campaign. I'm a fan of the work adidas and 180 Amsterdam  do, and this is ...

UPDATE - Nelsen has returned from his Over-Age Olympic duty with New Zealand after their 5 - nil demolition at the hands of Brazil. Now back at Ewood Park after his agreement with the Guv'na, Nelly's focus will now be on Blackburn's opening fixture at Everton. Former DC United and current Blackburn Rovers Captain Ryan Nelsen has been given ...

Have to agree with Maurice Edu, these sneaks are very cool. These are part of the USA uniform designed by Ralph Lauren and inspired by the movie Chariots of Fire.

I have been loving the Nike basketball commercial featuring Marvin Gaye singing the National Anthem that has been getting airtime during the Olympics.  I came across the full version of this commercial today and just had to post it. Really dope commercial, and quite possibly my favorite rendition of the National Anthem of all time. MG smashed this!