At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, USA Olympic gymnast, Gabby Douglas, came home with not one, but two, gold medals. The 16-year-old from Virginia Beach, Va. came in first in the team all-around, and she received top honors in the individual all-around as well. Six weeks later, and the now highly-recognizable teenager is once…
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Top 7 NBA Player Twitter Accounts During Olympics
Note – The following list is not based on who has more number of followers and who doesn’t but is based on who has more tweets apt to the Olympic events and who tweets more often. It is also based on whose tweets are of most recent events and whose aren’t. Also, only verified Twitter…
Missy Franklin Opts to Keep Amateur Status, Declines Endorsements
After the first week of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, it’s safe to say that 17-year-old U.S. swimming star, Missy Franklin, is the new face of American swimming and will be for years to come. The rising senior rounded out the week with four gold medals, including both the 100m and 200m backstroke titles. Yet,…