olympics Archives

Mostly, that the projected high for the opening ceremonies and first day of the Games is somewhere between 30° F and 40° F.  (Super Bowl 52 temperatures were almost the coldest on record, though — the day started at 6° in Minneapolis.) Apparently over three dozen security staff were hit with an outbreak of Norovirus, a[...]

We're less than 4 days away from the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics from PyeongChang, and that means things are starting to get going in the picturestic South Korean host city. The big news today was a "tune-up" match featuring the Korean women's joint hockey team (with members from both North and South Korea) vs[...]

NBC has released another of their upcoming Super Bowl ads for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeong Chang, South Korea While the first ad we share featured Alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin in her Captain Marvel themed uniform This new ad features snowboarder Shaun White and Iron Man… but not the Marvel Comics character but rather[...]

The first figure in the return of the WWE Entrance Greats line is none other than Kurt Angle! His first figure gets the deluxe Entrance Greats treatment, and we got our hands on one.

Unfortunately for the students of NBC’s A.P. Bio, Glenn Howerton’s Jack Griffin isn’t that type of teacher. Griffin doesn’t waste any time making his intentions known: “My name is Jack Griffin… and I don’t want to be here.”

This will be Tirico's first time hosting an Opening Ceremony, but not his first Olympic experience having hosted the Closing Ceremonies in Rio for the network in 2016 following his time as a daytime host during the Summer Games. President of NBC Olympics Production and Programming president Jim Bell had this to say about the announcement: "It's beyond exciting[...]

She's also been to three Olympics, bringing home a Gold and Bronze medal so far. Vonn was in the news lately for a different reason. On December 8th, 2017, Vonn said in an interview that while she is at the 2018 Winter Olympics, she feels that Olympians represent the people of the countries the participate for —[...]

CBS released its Winter 2018 schedule on Friday, and while there are a number of takeaways from the announcement, one thing seems very clear: The Eye Network isn't afraid of the "big, bad wolf" otherwise known as NBC's 2018 Winter Olympics coverage. While most networks usually "counter" Olympic coverage with repeats or by burning off episodes[...]

A new Barbie doll was introduced yesterday — Team USA Olympian Ibtihaj Muhammad is getting her very own doll, the first to wear a hijab.

Jordan wore the shoes during his gold-medal game against Spain at the 1984 Olympics This breaks the record set in 2013 for a pair of sneakers Jordan wore in game five of the 1997 NBA finals, which went for $104,765 That game, played 20 years ago today, was also known as the flu game — Jordan[...]

@MikaelaShiffrin is working it at the #WinterOlympics promo shoot pic.twitter.com/YsSlGGfmx2 — #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) April 27, 2017 22 year old Shiffrin is sporting the most FABULOUS Jamie McKelvie Captain Marvel inspired speed suit while holding her skis Mikaela competes for Team USA in slalom and giant slalom ski events. Turns out that Team USA and uniform company Spyder partnered[...]

 From the WWE: It's true, it's true! Kurt Angle will be taking his rightful place in the WWE Hall of Fame's Class of 2017 just two days before WrestleMania 33, as first reported by ESPN.com. "Kurt Angle's accomplishments both in the Olympics and WWE were extraordinary," said WWE's Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events and Creative[...]

It's a passing of the literal and figurative torch. Japan, who are set to host the 2020 Olympics, did it in style last night too, with the country having a segment dedicated to Super Mario The best bit? Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appeared out of a green pipe with a Mario like hat on his head. The moment[...]

It was noted that both Golf and Rugby would be making an appearance in next year games, which should at least be mildly interesting. There is no release date yet, but you would assume it will launch nearish to the Olympics which start next summer I actually don't hate these games They are are fun family[...]

Don't stop me now... featuring Jessica Ennis, Victoria Pendleton, Nicola Adams, Sir Chris Hoy, rower Pete Reed, Robert Grabarz, the Brownlee brothers and

We get the same countdown we enjoyed at the beginning of the Opening Ceremony. Go see what we said about that here. This might be called a simpler

The London Olympic Games is coming to a close. It has been a very controlled media circus, whether that be Mastercard being banned, BBC cameras being

Here's a bullet point reference guide to the Olympics, as complete as Brendon and Rich can get it… please feel free to add more bullet points in the comments and we will integrate them. The shipping forecast, played late at night on British radio, ostensibly to help sailors, but now an institution, a comfortable, recognisable sign[...]

Dizzee Rascal's Bonkers track was given greater prominence with a live performance, and is a stereotypical example of modern East End London grime music, exactly where the Olympics stadium has been built Also notable were songs that were banned in some form on original release such as Anarchy In The UK and Relax… but this[...]

It was also the first Retailer Olympics. Here are the categories… and the winners The judges were Outside Sales Managers Tim Kartman, Eric Hitchcock, and Dave Hawksworth. ComiCare Box Construction Contest: Nick Kelley of Chimps Comix (middle) Speed Bag and Board: Brandon Evans of Chimps Comix. Overstreet Price Guide Lookup: Adam Philips of Heroic Dreams Comic T-Folder Shipping Race: Andrew Iwamasa[...]

This summer, London will host the Olympics and the Paralympics And I will do my best to hide from it Thankfully most of it will be happening in the East of London and I'll be out in the far South West but I know I'll get inconvenienced several times. I'd much rather attend the Retailer Olympics,[...]

Living in London, it's getting hard to ignore the fact that for two weeks this year, our lives will be incredibly disrupted by the Olympics While the rest of the world looks in in awe and wonder, I'll have to slog through an even-more-full-than-usual public transport system, probably with the kids in tow, just to[...]