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The Olympics Embed from Getty Images They make it look so easy, the Olympic swimmers, but the strokes they lay down in the 50 meter pool are so much more refined than what most of us produce when we do a few laps for exercise. In a sport in which tenths and hundredths of a …
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The Olympics Embed from Getty Images Articles and posts of interest about the 2016 Rio Olympics Modern Training (Source: Yahoo) A New Source of Funding for Olympic Athletes (Source:Bloomberg) Five Sports That Shouldn’t Be In The Olympics (Source: Investopedia) Disruption: TV Innovations at the Olympics (Source: BusinessInsider.com)
The Olympics The Olympics have a way of making us ambitious and enthusiastic. Do you think you (or a family member or friend) would like to compete (and compete is the word, not just attend) in the Olympics? If so, NBC and the U.S. Olympic committee have made it easy for you with the Gold …
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Paying Attention Embed from Getty Images This is the weekend for the annual Perseids Meteor shower–a spectacular, late night, light show, courtesy of nature. Expect the shower to start about 10PM and run until sunrise. While you’re out to view the shower, why not take a camera and see if you can’t capture some …
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The Olympics Nice, short (5 minutes plus) video which explains the sport of fencing, one of the oldest sports in the olympics and also one of it’s most arcane and inaccessible–until it’s explained.
The Olympics A clickpak of relevant and interesting articles about the Rio Olympics. Hunting for the Gold Medal in Branding (Source: Bloomberg) The Sharpshooter Look at the Olympics (Source: Wired) Leslie Jones (of SNL) Goes To The Olympics (Source: NY Magazine) How Technology is Changing the way we Watch the Olympics (Source: Business Insider)
The Olympics Getting closer to the signature track & field events of the Rio Olympics. This is another in the excellent series produced by Sports Illustrated and centers on American sprinter English Gardner.
The Olympics What to watch, the schedule, results, and the Rio Firehose. Keep this link on your desktop. Embed from Getty Images The Olympic Schedule (Courtesy IOC/Rio Olympic games) Google Listing of Olympic Schedule (Courtesy Google) What to Watch Today (Courtesy Bloomberg) The Olympic Results (The Guardian, London) Rio Photographic Firehose (New York Times and …
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The Olympics A clickpak of relevant and interesting articles about the Rio Olympics. Embed from Getty Images The Diving Pool is Changing Colors (Source: New York Times) Cordcutting and Olympics watching (Source: Wired.com) How Fencing Became the Hot Olympic Sport (Source: New York magazine) How Technology Has Changed Olympic Training (Source: Yahoo)
The Olympics Another in Sports Illustrated’s series of very short profiles and interviews with U.S.Olympians, this one on shooting team member Morgan Craft.