The U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team won gold in London, after a gold medal drought since the 96′ Olympics. The “Fierce Five” of Jordyn Wieber, Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Kyla Ross, and Aly Raisman became legends in their own right when they achieved a score of 183.596. Russia won the silver …

Some say brevity is the soul of wit. Others prefer to think of it as a “sole of wit.” Those people either have an odd sense of humor or legitimately need to be corrected. We’ll just leave it at that — take it away, David Pierce. More from The Verge: …

After an exciting Monday of Olympic swimming action, Tuesday’s finals didn’t disappoint. First up, Michael Phelps, in a bid to win the same event in three separate Olympic games, came up five one-hundredths of a second short of South African Chad le Clos in the 200m Butterfly Final. Despite not …

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The U.S. soccer team faced North Korea and won 1-0. Abby Wambach scored in the 25th minute, becoming the very first non-British athlete to score at Old Trafford. With this win, the USWMNT comes out of the group stage with an undefeated record, a feat never before accomplished in women’s …

July 31, 2012: On the strength of Michael Phelps’ record-breaking 19th Olympic medal, Team USA stayed even with China on Day 4 at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The countries are now tied for first with 23 medals each, but China boasts 13 gold medals to USA’s 9. China has the …

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“Discipline” is a word with many meanings: punishment, a field of study, self-control, training that corrects deficiencies. For Boston Cannons midfielder Paul Rabil — perhaps the best lacrosse player in the world — discipline is all of this and more. The Core of Sports video series has featured several athletes …

July 31, 2012—NASA has planned one of the most complicated spacecraft landings ever attempted for the Curiosity rover’s touchdown on August 6 at about 1:30 am. ET. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world’s premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, …

“…a massive Reddit thread dealing with sexual assault, born out of one Redditor’s question: “Reddit’s had a few threads about sexual assault victims, but are there any redditors from the other side of the story? What were your motivations?” the user asked, “Do you regret it?” The response was instant, …