“Progressive SuperPAC American Bridge has dug up some video of Republican presidential candidate and then-Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, defending President George W. Bush’s economic record in 2004, that’s spookily resonant to this year’s election. In the clip, Romney not only amusingly uses the word “poppycock” (one of the all-time underrated …

Throwing heavy objects and splashing around in a pool were the keys to Team USA success at the Summer Olympics on Friday, adding to their medal count and keeping the slimmest of leads over China. After three more gold medals in swimming — including yet another won by Michael Phelps …

Caution: today’s episode of 90 Seconds on The Verge may very well be our most concentrated yet. The news-to-second ratio is very high today. So is the antagonism: Apple and Samsung, EA and Zynga, Microsoft and a mysterious-yet-important European partner. At least NASA is spreading the love — and of …

In what sets up to be Breakfast at Wimbledon II, Roger Federer will face Andy Murray after Federer won the longest tennis match in Olympic history (3-6, 7-6, 19-17) over Juan Martin del Potro. Murray defeated Novak Djokovic 7-5, 7-5 and now has the opportunity to avenge his Wimbledon final …

Michael Phelps has won his 17th Gold, 21 total medals, in the London Olympics. In the 100m butterfly, Phelps fell behind on his way to the finish. He dug deep and got to the wall first, securing his place as Olympics most decorated athlete. Missy Franklin won her 4th medal …

Abby Wambach continued to be the trusty veteran that she is by scoring yet again in USA’s 2-0 quarterfinal win over New Zealand on Friday. The 32-year old striker scored in the 27th minute and has now scored in every game of this year’s Olympics. Sydney Leroux iced the game …

Texas is ranked 13th in SB Nation Studio’s College Football Countdown. Texas is a solid defensive team, so in 2012 they will need to focus on building offense. Jonathan Gray will step in at running back in hopes of taking pressure off of the passing game. Quarterbacks David Ash and …

In this Olympic-sized version of Bro vs. Douchebag, SB Nation’s Dan Rubenstein and Matt Ufford take a multi-national approach to finding the Bros and Douchebags of the 2012 London Olympics. Olympians in question are Ryan Lochte, Hope Solo, Tony Parker, Nick Symmonds and Michel Morganella. Welcome to Bro vs. Douchebag: …

Thanks to a historic night shooting, led by Carmelo Anthony, Team USA ran an overwhelmed Nigeria squad out of the gym on Thursday night in London. Led by Anthony’s 37 points on 10-12 three-point field goals (both records), the Americans were able to score a record-smashing 156 points in the …

The Vergecast is back, and with Josh relaxing in a cabin in the woods drinking glass after refreshing glass of ice cold seltzer, his faithful cohorts must carry the torch. On this week’s episode Nilay, Paul, and Ross welcome in 3 extremely qualified phone guests to give us the inside …