Oh Danny Boyle. The Slumdog Millionaire director’s opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics started with such verve and promise. There were fireworks! There were sheep! There were geese! There ...

Oh sure those big fancy opening ceremonies at Beijing in 2008 were impressive -- they had double the budget of this year's performance -- but it seemed like the British had a reply four years later: ...

As eager spectators take in the much anticipated London 2012 opening ceremony, the Olympic Stadium is filled with montages of everyday life in the British Isles: performers playing cricket, ...

Jeneba Tarmoh concedes her spot in 100 meters rather than participate in runoff against training partner Allyson Felix ...

London's Olympic Opening Ceremony did not feature John Cleese and made very little of The Clash, but did have a Mr. Bean boogers joke. What else did it not have? During a montage showing the posters ...

- Natalie Cook, gold medallist at Sydney in 2000, defends bikinis in beach volleyball. "It's hard to know just how well it will turn out ... There are a few things that were disconcerting." - Visiting ...

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