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Remember a couple months back when the Harvard baseball team lip synched to "Call me Maybe" in their Ford van. For some reason, that will never be known, over fifteen million people have viewed that video.

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For weeks NBC broadcaster promised as much as one minute of silence to pay tribute to the eleven Israeli athletes and coaches who were killed by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich.

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Participating in his fourth Olympics, Troy Dumais is still in search of his first Olympic medal. The 32-year-old Dumais has been a member of the National Team every year since 1996.

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Olympic taekwondo may not be as popular as, say, swimming or track and field, but its athletes are just as motivated. Take Diana Lopez, for example, a fierce competitor in the sport who hopes to soon add gold to her 2008 bronze medal win in Beijing.

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With the London Olympics commencing later this month, the home viewers will get a front row seat to some of the greatest athletes in the world.  This guy is not one of them.  This Chinese guy was fast, but not too adept at clearing hurdles

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South African sprinter and double amputee Oscar Pistorius was named to his country’s Olympic team on Thursday, becoming the first amputee ever to compete in the Games.

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We always thought there was nothing more hilarious than watching middle-aged sports coaches celebrate after their athletes perform well, but and we’ve found something more hilarious: a middle-aged sports coach getting a little too psyched over — here’s the kicker — gymnastics.

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Of all the US athletes set to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, none have captured our hearts more so than Lolo (real name Lori) Jones. And why not?

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For more than a decade, Michael Phelps has been the undisputed star of male competitive swimming. But that may change when 27-year-old Ryan Lochte competes at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London and vies for the title of the fastest swimmer alive.

To get to know this athlete better, here are 10 things you may not know about the Olympic hopeful.

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The upcoming 2012 Summer Olympics marks 40 years since 11 Israeli athletes were killed by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.

In commemoration, the Israeli government and two US Congressmen asked for a moment of silence at this summer’s event, only to have the International Olympic Committee reject the proposal.

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