Posted on 11 August 2012. Tags: Gold, Olympic, team, tries, vball, women's
US women's vball team tries for 1st Olympic gold LONDON — Destinee Hooker is the fire of the U.S. volleyball team. Lindsey Berg is its heart. Together the two women will try to win the United States' first gold medal in the sport when the team faces Brazil in Saturday's final match at the London [...]
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Posted on 08 August 2012. Tags: ..., basketball, Canada, London, Olympics, photo, quarterfinal, women's
London Olympics: USA and Canada in women's basketball quarterfinal (photo … 4 of 22 Link to this photo | Comments about this photo essay (0) USA's Maya Moore, right, tries to pull the ball out of the grasp of Canada's Courtnay Pilypaitis during a women's basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7, [...]
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Posted on 04 August 2012. Tags: ..., London, Maria, Olympics, overwhelms, Serena, Sharapova, Williams, women's
London Olympics: Serena Williams overwhelms Maria Sharapova for women's … She's done everything." Williams can add the gold medal to her 14 Grand Slam singles championships, the most of any active woman. And she's not done in London. Williams and her sister Venus, pursuing their third gold in doubles, were scheduled to play … Full [...]
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Posted on 30 July 2012. Tags: archers, China, Mark, miss, unlike, women's
Unlike men, US women's archers miss the mark vs. China LONDON — Archer Miranda Leek knows that she can seize a once-unimaginable opportunity when she picks up her bow Monday. Not just for herself. Not just for the U.S. team. For her entire sport. Thanks in part to a quiver full of arrow-filled movies … [...]
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Posted on 21 July 2012. Tags: ..., 2012, boxing, fighters, finally, London, Pioneering, reaches, rejoice, women's
LONDON 2012: Pioneering fighters rejoice as women's boxing finally reaches … A generational struggle culminates in London next month at the first Olympic women's boxing tournament. Rijker is only the most prominent example of women who became fascinated by this brutal sport, persevering through discouragement, disinterest and … Full News here – Read more on [...]
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