Jerri Peterson of Atlanta, Georgia, was thrilled with the chance to carry the Olympic Flame in the torch relay as it passed through Derby, England. She was selected to participate because of her charity work. The 54-year...

Photographer Giles Price hangs out of a helicopter to get aerial photos. See a gallery featuring the Olympic venues in London from the top down, plus some statistics about the photos and the Games. Link -via Everlast...

What happens when you put 10,000 excited, young, a...  ...0 and a new standing order of 100,000 condoms per Olympics . Many Olympians, past and present, abide by wh...

Photo: Ralph Lauren Behol...  ...Photo: Ralph Lauren Behold the official Olympics outfits for Team USA. Designed by Ralph...  ...t the opening ceremony for the London Olympics in classic Americana style by Ralph L...

Want chips (French fries to us Yan...  ...Want chips (French fries to us Yanks) at the Olympics ? You're out of luck: McDonald's has got...

Photo: Matthew Lloyd Forg...  ...Photo: Matthew Lloyd Forget the Olympics ! The fun is at the annual Chap Olympiad [self-sta...

South African double amputee Oscar Pistorius will...  ...00 meters and the 4x400-meter relay at the London Olympics . He runs on specially-designed carbon-fiber prost...  ...owever, he then failed to qualify for the Beijing Olympics . Some scientists are not convinced that Pistoriu...  ...storius has made it hi...

The news broke Monday of the selection of "Survival" by the band Muse as the official song of the 2012 Summer Games. Immediately, YouTube was filled with videos of the song, slapped together in a hurry by everyone and hi...

One of the first competitions in the London Olympics will be men's gymnastics. The 5-man U.S. team is...

(YouTube link) The BBC has produced this animated title sequence for their London Olympic Games coverage. -via the Presurfer...