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For the longest time I thought the black sinewy thing on Olympic beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh’s shoulder was either a confused Alien face sucker, a horny spider, a bad tattoo decision (a la Mike Tyson), or all of the above. Turns out I was way off, and it’s actually Kinesio athletic tape from a [...]

One of the benefits of living on the East Coast, besides the fact that it’s simply better, is that we rarely suffer the pain of tape delays. So tonight we’ll get to watch Michael Phelps snag his eighth gold medal, live tonight, at 10:59pm (which is 10:59am Sunday in Beijing). West Coasters will have a [...]

While it’s long supported Flash, the Skyfire mobile browser now plays nice with Microsoft Silverlight—basically, Microsoft’s version of Flash, which is what you’ll need to watch streaming video at the NBC Olympics site. Meaning yes, you can watch Olympics video on your S60 or Windows Mobile phone if you’re stuck in traffic or something. If [...]

By Ian Williams, NBC News Correspondent
MIANZHU, Sichuan Province –I sat with Alex Qiang in a sunny square in his home town of Nanjing, a few days before the Olympics.Wearing a cloth cap and ponytail, the twenty-seven-year-old was cradling an iced coffee, and looked every bit a child of the new China. His resume also looked [...]