London calling! Your 2012 U.S. Olympic Mens & Womens Gymnastics team; Nastia Liukin ends her career with grace and class -a great role model 'til the very end! Only 26 days until the first event -and NBC milking every single human-interest angle they can possibly find

USA Gymnastics video: "Every Four Years" - Women's Olympic Intro Video - 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Trials - "The video that ran on the scoreboard at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California before the Women's competition" featuring Carly Patterson, Shannon Miller and Shawn Johnson. July 1, 2012. http://youtu.be/NwF0UX1RtUA



USA Gymnastics video: "It Starts With a Dream" - Men's Olympic Intro Video - 2012 Gymnastics Olympic Trials - "The video that ran on the scoreboard at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California before the Men's competition" featuring John Roethlisberger, Ron Galimore, Tim Daggett and Justin Spring. June 30, 2012.
http://youtu.be/uhvguFLRgoE

London calling! Your 2012 U.S. Olympic Mens & Womens Gymnastics team; Nastia Liukin ends her career with grace and class -a great role model 'til the very end. Only 26 days until the first event -and NBC milking every single human-interest angle they can possibly find

Women's team: Gabby Douglas, Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, McKalya Maroney, with alternates Sarah Finnegan, Anna Li and Elizabeth Price.
Men's team: Danell Leyva, John Orozco, Jake Dalton, Jonathan Horton and Sam Mikulak, with alternates Chris Brooks, Steven Legendre and  Alex Naddour.


Read the following:
San Jose Mercury

U.S. Gymnastics trials: High expectations ahead at London Games

By Mark Emmons

Posted:   07/01/2012 10:00:17 PM PDT

Updated:   07/01/2012 10:06:21 PM PDT

http://www.mercurynews.com/other-sports/ci_20987508/u-s-gymnastics-trials-high-expectations-ahead-at

San Jose Mercury

Liukin falters but resolute in final competition

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

Posted:   07/01/2012 08:21:31 PM PDT

Updated:   07/01/2012 09:48:03 PM PDT

http://www.mercurynews.com/olympics/ci_20986995/liukin-falters-but-resolute-final-competition

Nastia stays classy despite the disappointment:

Inside Gymnastics Magazine video: Nastia Liukin on ending her career at the 2012 Olympic Trials. July 1, 2012. http://youtu.be/CFAPsDp51Kc

New interviews and videos from Sunday night in San Jose are at Inside Gymnastics Magazine and their YouTube Channel at http://www.insidegymnastics.com/ and
http://www.youtube.com/user/insidegym/ and there will be new from this weekend's competition at the USA Gymnastics YouTube Channel at
http://www.youtube.com/user/usagymnasticsorg/

http://universalsports.com/category/gymnastics/
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http://universalsports.com/

Four Weeks of the Olympic Torch Relay thru Britain -London 2012 Olympics; Isabella Duder's video of Will.i.am carrying Olympic torch in Taunton

Olympic Torch Relay Week 1 Highlights - London 2012, May 26, 2012.
http://youtu.be/BSsi3vcaP_0



Olympic Torch Relay Week 2 Highlights - London 2012, June 2, 2012.
http://youtu.be/Kp3XUllY3qU



Olympic Torch Relay Week 3 Highlights - London 2012, June 9, 2012.
http://youtu.be/SHcs-qR9XLs



Olympic Torch Relay Week 4 Highlights - London 2012, June 16, 2012.
http://youtu.be/90Cu7PdxrNk



Olympic Torch Relay Day 29 Highlights - London 2012
Included Gateshead, Hadrian's Wall, Sunderland, Durham
http://youtu.be/nZUOEPZTPVI


1,019 communities in 70 days: Monday is Day 31, with the Torch Relay in North Yorkshire, and starting in Middlesbrough and winding its way to Hull. 
39 days untill the Olympic Games begin Friday July 27th.


Watch the Olympic Torch Relay LIVE at 
http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/video/live.html


Don't miss blogger Isabella Duder's great photos of the Torch Relay on Day Three in Taunton featuring Will.i.am of The Black Eyed Peas carrying the torch there:
http://isabelladuder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/olympic-torch-relay-day-3-taunton.html



Her May 22nd video is at: http://youtu.be/7-ZUvK2veiQ 
First are some photos, then the video starts at 0:19.


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http://www.london2012.com/


http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/


http://www.lloydstsblondon2012.co.uk/en/In-your-community/Olympic-Torch-Relay/

Official London 2012 Olympics YouTube Channel: 
http://www.youtube.com/user/london2012


http://www.olympic.org/ 

March 2012 Downton Abbey/Hugh Bonneville odds & ends; but definitely NOT Middlemarch or Middle-Brow if you know what I mean

FilmClub UK video: FilmClub member Sally interviews with actor Hugh Bonneville about his acting career and influences. http://youtu.be/j4VhH9Kx248

March 2012 Downton Abbey/Hugh Bonneville odds & ends; but definitely NOT Middlemarch or Middlebrow if you know what I mean

Around 725 GMT Monday morning, I heard Downton Abbey star Hugh Bonneville on BBC Radio 5 live's Breakfast -with Rachel Burden and Phil Williams- and heard the fictional Earl of Grantham share some thoughts about the popularity of the series in the U.S. and talk about Shirley MacLaine's role in the upcoming Season Three as Lady Cora's mother, and shooting a long dinner scene with clever verbal wordplay between her and his TV Mother, the the Dowager Countess, Maggie Smith, with Hugh in the middle of the table watching the banter go back and forth.

And the thing is, having not only watched the series from the beginning and watched every episode 2-3 times, and having carefully followed what goes on behind-the-scenes, I COULD
actually picture that in my head, complete with some traditional SM facial moves we've seen a time or two over the years.
I just love this series!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b01dy1s2/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01dy1s2/5_live_Breakfast_26_03_2012/

The segment starts at 2:22:43, so move the indicator to that spot unless you want to hear the beginning of the three-hour audio clip just for the sake of hearing it. It ends at 2:27:31
It's available for listening to on the BBC website until 9:02AM GMT Mon, 2 Apr 2012

Hugh Bonneville's interview follows a very heart-breaking segment on British govt. funding on dementia, and a woman with a dramatically difficult life raising her teenage son at home while also taking care of a husband with dementia -who's only 53/54- and who is NOT able to care for himself.
Just a reminder that no matter how hard your own life may seem to you, there's always someone with much-heavier burdens and responsibilities than you.

Bonneville is in a comedy series called Twenty Twelve about the Olympic deliverance "team" behind the London 2012 Olympics that premieres on BBC 2 on Friday at 10 p.m.
Here's a recent video interview on it:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17511265


Hugh Bonneville and Julia Roberts in Notting Hill, one of my favorite films
http://youtu.be/JexO-N39Nzg

So that would be on the high end of the pay scale?
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https://www.youtube.com/user/filmclubuk

Hello Miami, London Calling: Season's greetings from London 2012 Olympics; David Beckham doesn't BEND, but shoots & scores anyway -blindfolded!

London 2012 video:  Season's greetings from London 2012 Olympic Games, December 21, 2011.  http://youtu.be/u_BR_bIF1HE


The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, having been brought up "proper," sent us an informative email today just before lunch that includes salutations and greetings for a new year, along with the cute video above. 
That email, full of new aerial photos of the brand new Olympic Park venues that have been built in East London, can be seen here:
http://view.comms.london2012.com/v/30G50M0/6VKZY/HIWC2K0/K6MJL/MAILACTION=1&FORMAT=H


I hasten to add that I have some very sharp and talented friends in the London area who've
been hard-working volunteers from Day One, and I can tell you that they are VERY psyched!
219 days to go until the Summer Olympics of London.


London 2012 video:  London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay route animation. November 7, 2011. http://youtu.be/V1tOSzGVGeM
Interactive U.K. map of the Olympic Torch Relay: 
http://www.london2012.com/olympic-torch-relay-map



London 2012 video: David Beckham tries his hand at blind football (London 2012), November 29, 2011. http://youtu.be/9cjysuRLAAE


http://www.london2012.com/


http://www.london2012.com/mascots


Official YouTube Channel of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games:
http://www.youtube.com/user/london2012


Sign-up for London 2012 newsletters:
https://www.london2012.com/settings/esignup.php?returl=/index.php

Breaking News: USA Field Hockey earns spot at 2012 London Olympics with 4-2 upset win over #1 Argentina in Finals at Pan Am Games in Guadalajara

Breaking News: USA Field Hockey earns spot at 2012 London Olympics with a 4-2 upset win over #1 Argentina in Finals at Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.

I found out via the UVA Field Hockey Twitter account shortly after 8 p.m. tonight while watching Game Seven of the World Series:

uvafieldhockey Virginia Hockey

Congrats to @USAFieldHockey who just punched a ticket to London with a 4-2 win over world No. 1 Argentina! Well done Paige & Michelle!

(I tried to take a screen shot of it but it was too faint to post here.)

Paige Selenski (Virginia), Shannon Taylor (Syracuse), Katie O'Donnell (Maryland) and Michelle Vittese (Virginia) scored for the underdog American squad.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/10/28/sports/s171739D13.DTL

http://espn.go.com/espnw/pan-am-games/

Rachel Dawson's blog from Pan Am Games:

http://espn.go.com/espnw/7119544

http://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=uvafieldhockey

More soon on the upcoming Field Hockey conference tourneys which start next week, inc. the always tough ACC tourney in College Park that members of my FH-loving family may be attending at some point.

2011 ACC Field Hockey Championship at College Park, Maryland.

Thursday Nov. 3rd & Sunday Nov. 6th

http://www.theacc.com/sports/w-fieldh/acc-w-fieldh-body.html

http://www.theacc.com/championships/11-acc-field-hockey-championship.html

With eyes firmly on 2012 London Olympics, U.S. Women's Gymnastics team scores Gold at World Championships in Tokyo, beating Russia

Opening segment of NBC Sports coverage of the Womens Final of the 2011 Gymnastics World Championships, Tokyo, October 2011.

http://youtu.be/3DtgaQ4BpZs

U.S. Women score Gold at 2011 Gymnastics World Championships, Tokyo, October 2011.

http://youtu.be/Wuof68t43Us

Jordyn Wieber's Floor Exercise routine, 2011 Gymnastics World Championships, Tokyo, October 2011.

http://youtu.be/H_qkV3QOiUc

Alexandra Raisman's Floor Exercise routine, 2011 Gymnastics World Championships, Tokyo, October 2011. (NBC-TV)

http://youtu.be/wBupA7BDEns

Team Medal Ceremony, 2011 Gymnastics World Championships, Tokyo, October 2011. (NBC-TV) http://youtu.be/dqOJimCnJEs

With eyes firmly on 2012 London Olympics, U.S. Women's Gymnastics team scores Gold at World Championships in Tokyo, beating Russia

For some American sports fans, due in part to it being held in Tokyo and the time difference -13 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone- the only recent news they heard about the U.S. Women's gymnastics team at the World Championships was this, perhaps the most-discussed sports Tweet of the year on the blogosphere:

Alicia Sacramone:

Best boyfriend award goes to @BQ9 for taking the red eye from Denver to be here for my surgery today...just another reason why I love him

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/With-QB-controversy-erupting-in-Denver-Quinn-fl

http://twitter.com/#!/ASac3/status/123370492127223810

http://twitter.com/#!/ASac3/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyfrog.com%2Fh7gkmpj

Interview with veteran gymnast and 2008 Olympic team captain Alicia Sacramone about her Achilles tendon injury that knocked her out of the competition. (NBC-TV)

http://youtu.be/1AsdoRHIViI

But as you can see at the top, there was a lot more going on than just Tweeting!

U.S. Women's Team Coordinator: Martha Karolyi.

Team members: Gabrielle "Gabby" Douglas, Sabrina Vega, Jordyn Wieber, Anna Li, Alicia Sacramone, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman & Shawn Johnson (non-traveling alternate).

http://tokyo2011.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vtrial/page/home/0,11065,5246-203912-221135-48936-news-list,00.html

Video: John Macready checks out the busiest intersection in Tokyo and catches up with the U.S. Women's Team after they win gold at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

http://uverseonline.att.net/play/sports/show/usa-gymnastics-behind-the-team/p/video/fz2___101211_BTT47_WORLD__NFZ_700K

See more behind-the-scenes videos of the U.S. Men's and Women's National Gymnastics Teams at: http://uverseonline.att.net/sports/teamusa/sport/gymnastics

Best score of the competition - Victoria Komova of Russia, 15.733 on the Uneven Parallel Bars during preliminary qualifications.

http://youtu.be/znzHuG9Vu8s

Komova followed up with this performance in the finals, scoring a 15.500.

http://youtu.be/jGUJsYIuvT8

Best Gymnasts for london 2012 - HD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJNezVTJ11I&feature=colike

Gamba, Sap!

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Yoliss94's YouTube Channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/yoliss94

U.S. Gymnastics YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/usagymnasticsorg

F.I.G. YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/figchannel

Blimey! Two-thirds of the 1.9 million sports fans who applied for London 2012 Olympics tickets get shut out; one-third of events are already sold-out

Channel 4 News video: London 2012 -Two thirds of applicants left without tickets

June 17, 2011.

http://bcove.me/2q11ijx7

Complete story at

http://www.channel4.com/news/1-2m-bidders-for-olympics-tickets-left-empty-handed

Meanwhile, just when you thought you'd heard it all, guess who WAS given some tickets?

Yes, no matter how you spell it, the name Gaddafi still opens important doors...

ITN News video: Libya given London Olympic tickets, June 15, 2011

http://youtu.be/sOSaCOodonc

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Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee video: Jeret "Speedy" Peterson - "Cooking with Speedy"

http://youtu.be/t9DN8zPOv4U

"Go big or go home!"

But who's counting? London 2012 Olympics is 500 Days and counting -and a Clock to do just that in Trafalgar Square!

http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=7001629133953783160&postID=2946762817853573856

Australia's TEN News' Europe correspondent Brett Mason interviews London 2012 Organising Committee chairman Lord Sebastian Coe about comparisons to Sydney 2004, and a clock at Trafalgar Square to drive home the deadline. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRTixVFPeBs

The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Executive Board meets in London on April 5 and 6 and will get updates on preparations for the upcoming Olympic Games: London 2012, Sochi 2014 and Rio de Janeiro 2016.

Countdown Clock unveiled to mark 500 days to go to the London 2012 Olympic Games: http://www.london2012.com/news/2011/03/countdown-clock-unveiled-to-mark-500-days-to-go-to-the-l.php

Olympic Tickets are now on sale: http://www.tickets.london2012.com/



Channel 4 News: Olympic tickets go on sale on Tuesday but just how much will you have to pay to see the spectacle as speculation for ticket touting prices escalating into the thousands?
http://bcove.me/qykioeiw

Former GB rower Sarah Winckless, Chair of the BOA Athletes Commission, blogs on seeing the Olympic venues up-close and personal since her last visit and is very impressed:

Athletes Commission Inspired by Olympic Park Visit
Posted by Sarah Winckless
March 15, 2011
http://www.olympics.org.uk/News/c8211e-athletes-commission-inspired-by-olympic-park-visit/

See also:
Sarah Winckless disease proves that sport does matter
By Matthew Syed, April 29, 2009
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/matthew_syed/article6187946.ece

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Official London 2012 Olympics website: http://www.london2012.com/

Olympic webcams in London: https://www.london2012.com/webcams/

Official blog: https://www.london2012.com/blog/

Official Mascots homepage, Wenlock and Mandeville:
http://www.mylondon2012.com/mascots/

BBC's London 2012 Olympics homepage: http://www.bbc.co.uk/2012/

Team GB: http://www.olympics.org.uk/

Team GB blog: http://www.olympics.org.uk/News/category/blogs/

26 Sports, One Team: http://www.olympics.org.uk/sports/

See also:
Full sports competition schedule for the XXX Olympic Summer Games, July 27-August 12th
http://www.olympic.org/london-2012-summer-olympics?articlenewsgroup=-1&articleid=115995

http://www.tickets.london2012.com/olyschedule_p1.html

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Iran call London 2012 logo racist: report
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/223972/iran-call-london-2012-logo-racist-report



Sebastian Coe WR 800
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0e1yaMIM08

London 2012 Olympics: Three Years Left to Go

Sebastian Coe, Chair of the London 2012 Organising Committee shares his thoughts as the calendar strikes three years and counting today, 1096 days to be exact:
http://www.london2012.com/blog/2009/07/27/three-years-to-go-believe-me-it-s-going-to-be-fantastic.php


The Observer
Sebastian Coe: Golden boy with success in his sights
As an athlete in the 1980s, he was single-minded in his efforts to be first across the finishing line.
And ever since he masterminded the British 2012 Olympic bid, Sebastian Coe has been quietly but efficiently overseeing the job of bringing in the Games on time and in budget.
No also-ran? No noble failure? How terribly unBritish .
By Andrew Anthony
July 19, 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/jul/19/olympic-games-london-2012-sebastian-coe

Video: Three years left and counting

http://www.london2012.com/blog/2009/07/27/video-three-years-left-and-counting.php


Time-lapse video shows the exciting transformation of East London into what will be the center of excitement for the London 2012 Olympics starting

OLYMPICS
Coe confident on 2012 countdown

A year's progress at the Olympic Stadium

BBC London's tour of the Olympic site

Three years and counting to 2012

2012 stadium 'might not be scaled down'

BBC Olympics webpage:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympic_games/default.stm

British Olympic Association: http://www.olympics.org.uk/home2.aspx


Official U.S. Olympic Committee website:
http://www.teamusa.org/
500 Days and counting: 5 live Breakfast chats with Sir Coe about tickets to London 2012 Olympic tickets going on sale today