Category: "Olympic Sports"

Usain Bolt wins 100m Final in Olympics

Usain Bolt had a come=from-behind win to win his second straight gold medal in the 100m at the 2012 Olympics in London Sunday night.

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2012 Olympics: A World Record Ere the Opening Ceremonies

A world record fell for the third time in less than a year, the first to fall during the Olympics [before the Olympics even officially commenced... →]

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Dispatches from London: A Non-Traditional Sports Fan’s Distant View of the Olympics

Zach Bigalke, Global Turnstile managing editor and the author of “Dispatches from Vancouver”, offers his thoughts on [all the action from London over the three weeks of Olympic competition... →]

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2012 Olympics: The Games Before the Games (Part II)

The day before the opening ceremonies, the men followed the women with the [start of their Olympic soccer tournament... →]

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2012 Olympics: The Games Before the Games (Part I)

Two days before the opening ceremonies, the Olympics officially opened [when the women kicked off the soccer tournament... →]

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Betting and the Olympics

On Friday, July 27th, the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games will take place in London. Sports fans from around the world will descend on London to view their favorite sporting events. Earlier in the year, a betting summit was held between representatives of the sports betting industry in the UK and officials of [...]

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The Real Face of Gender Discrimination

While everyone decried discrimination at a private club, they ignored [the systemic discrimination of an entire nation's women... →]

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Global Turnstile’s First Offering in Print

Global Turnstile is proud to offer “Dispatches from Vancouver”, its first book for readers to enjoy [in print and for Kindle readers. →]

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