OLYMPICS
NEW PLATEAUS Looking Back: The Stories of 2012
A lot of websites have their "ten best" or "best moments" of 2012 articles out there right now. But they're often specific to a theme--best movies, best tech stories. Here on New Plateaus, we'll look ...
Posted on 1/2/13 at 10:33 AM
THE DULLUM FILE Gabby Douglas
This evening on WDAZ News @5, we'll chat with Olympic Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas....
Posted on 12/5/12 at 8:43 AM
MONKE BUSINESS Gold-medal winning DSU alumnus Ramon Miller awarded cash, land from Bahamas government
Ramon Miller and the rest of the Bahamas 1,600-meter relay team dubbed The Golden Knights in their home country of the Bahamas, were expected to give awarded land gifts by the Bahamas government on Mo...
Posted on 8/27/12 at 9:20 PM
GOOD PEOPLE GOOD BUSINESS "Don't Worry, I Got You."
By Denise Hellekson, The Village Business Institute I enjoyed watching the Summer Olympics more this year than I have in the past. Maybe it was because I had a greater need to see the positivity, pas...
Posted on 8/21/12 at 3:53 PM
PEACE GARDEN MAMA mama mondays: olympics prompts memories of track days
I missed the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics 2012 and was beginning to feel I had too many other obligations to sit tight long enough to get through any of the events. Then came my surprise...
Posted on 8/20/12 at 12:01 AM
Olympics scoreboard 
August 11, 2012
US women breeze past France for gold in women's basketball
LONDON – Expected to dominate, they did.
By Associated Press , August 11, 2012
Dickinson State graduate anchors Bahamas gold medal 1,600 relay team
LONDON – Dickinson State can now count an Olympic gold medalist among its graduates.
Ramon Miller made history for his home country of the Bahamas on Friday night at the Summer Olympics, running the anchor leg of the 1,600-meter relay team that won the nation’s first gold medal in men’s track and field at Olympic Stadium.
By Dustin Monke / Forum Communications Co. , August 10, 2012
US breaks 27-year-old record in women's 4x100
LONDON — Pointing the baton at the clock showing the world-record time of 40.82 seconds, Carmelita Jeter anchored the United States on Friday night to its first Olympic gold medal in the women's 4x100-meter relay since 1996.
By Associated Press , August 10, 2012
US men beat Argentina 109-83 in Olympic basketball
LONDON — One more for the gold, and seemingly nothing that can prevent it.
This U.S. men's Olympic basketball team might not slow down until it's standing at the center of the medals platform again.
By Associated Press , August 10, 2012
Uceny doesn't finish Olympic 1,500 after falling
LONDON — Another major meet, another tumble to the track for American runner Morgan Uceny.
By Associated Press , August 10, 2012
McPherson beats British favorite at Olympics
LONDON — American taekwondo fighter Paige McPherson knocked out British world champion Sarah Stevenson in the first round of the women's 67-kilogram division at the London Olympics.
By Associated Press , August 10, 2012
Olympic champ Lysacek makes return official
LONDON — Olympic champion Evan Lysacek is returning to competitive figure skating.
By Associated Press , August 10, 2012
Brazil to play Mexico for Olympic gold in soccer
By Associated Press , August 10, 2012
Steven Lopez of US loses in Olympic taekwondo
LONDON — Steven Lopez turned an ankle in practice two weeks ago. Diana Lopez has been dealing with an injured left knee for months.
By Associated Press , August 10, 2012
Rio getting ready for its Olympic turn
LONDON — Rio de Janeiro will soon try to give the world a taste of what to expect at the 2016 Olympics.
By Associated Press , August 10, 2012
Bolt 1st with 2 golds in 200; leads Jamaican sweep
LONDON — When the stakes are the biggest, the spotlight most bright, Usain Bolt is as good as gold.
By Associated Press , August 09, 2012
US tops Japan to take Olympic women's soccer gold
WEMBLEY, England — Abby Wambach didn't put on her "Greatness Has Been Found" T-shirt right away. She instead strayed from her teammates and knelt alone at midfield — and cried into a U.S. flag.
By Associated Press , August 09, 2012
PHOTO GALLERY: Images from the 2012 London Olympic Games
By Wire service photos , August 09, 2012
Shields is Olympic champion middleweight
LONDON — U.S. middleweight Claressa Shields won the Olympic gold medal Thursday, capping her swift rise to the top of women's boxing with a 19-12 victory over Russia's Nadezda Torlopova.
By Associated Press , August 09, 2012
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