This product image released by Ralph Lauren shows U.S. Olympic athletes, from left, swimmer Ryan Lochte, decathlete Bryan Clay, rower Giuseppe Lanzone and soccer player Heather Mitts modeling the the official Team USA Opening Ceremony Parade Uniform. As an official outfitter of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams, Ralph Lauren has designed Team USA's Official Opening and Closing Ceremony Parade Uniforms as well as a unique collection of village wear apparel and accessories which embodies the spirit of American athleticism and sportsmanship. (AP Photo/Ralph Lauren)

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Uniforms for U.S. Olympic athletes are American red, white and blue — but made in China. That has members of Congress fuming.

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As one of the world's most popular sports, field hockey produces celebrities in Argentina, the Netherlands and Australia. But the sport is relatively obscure in the United States, where members of the women's national team receive a small monthly stipend and their notoriety comes from outside the country. Later this month, the group heads to London, where it will try to earn the first American medal in the sport in 28 years. (NPR)

The study -- authored by Bu Zhong, associate professor in the College of Communications, and published in a special Olympic issue of Mass Communication and Society -- suggests there is a relationship between weather and journalism coverage, and notes that negative and positive language in news reports can be further impacted by factors such as deadline pressure, living in an unknown country and personal feelings about a sporting event.
By discovering a potential link between the environment and media coverage, the researchers caution journalists to be aware of any potential subconscious bias they are including in their reports -- whether they are covering the Olympics or some other event where weather can be a factor.

Japan’s world champion women soccer team have kicked up a fuss after being left in economy class while their male colleagues lived it up in business on a flight to Europe for the Olympics.

The gold medal hopefuls of Nadeshiko Japan flew in premium economy on the Paris-bound Japan Airlines flight while the nation’s under-23 men’s team—medal outsiders—sat up front on the same plane.

“I guess it should have been the other way around,” World Cup heroine Homare Sawa, 33, told Japanese media after arriving in the French capital on Monday.

“Even just in terms of age, we are senior,��� she said, with a smile.

We look at the dramatic arc of the Lynx over the past two years, and we see the Olympics as the crowning moment. Who wouldn't? But there's a downside to that view. Augustus, Maya Moore and Lindsay Whalen become simply the Lynx Olympians. We talk about what this says about the team, what it means for the team. We look at this as if it were a collective experience, when really, this is three honors, three validations of hard work, three sets of unique circumstances.

Be proud of the Lynx, but be prouder of these three women.