2012 Summer Olympics: Underrated Sports You Must Watch

We know sports like basketball, soccer, swimming and track and field are going to be the most watched events at the 2012 Summer Olympics . Athletes like Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt will be the more popular athletes to follow, but there are other impressive competitors to look for in the underrated sports as well. Wrestling—not the staged kind—goes vastly overlooked in America as football and ...

By Kevin Posival Killeen Daily Herald

HARKER HEIGHTS — Nick Merutka won two district goalkeeper of the year honors and set three Harker Heights school records for saves. Still, Mary Hardin-Baylor head soccer coach Brad Bankhead and the Cru soccer team had to convince the Knights' senior goalie to not hang up his gear.

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London 2012: The Top 20 Teenage Athletes to Watch for in the Summer Olympics

The teenage Olympian demands that we ask a simple question of ourselves: Who was I at that age? I was young. I was immature. I flipped burgers. I walked dogs. I couldn't have walked into a crowded arena, my country's hopes in tow, and walked out a champion. Of course I didn't have the physical gifts, but more poignantly, I didn't have the mental faculties. I was a freaking kid. That's what makes ...

40 NFL Players We'd Like to See Compete in the Summer Olympics

How cool would it be to combine America’s greatest athletes and the world’s biggest sporting event? Well that is exactly what we like to explore here at B/R! The NFL is by far the most followed sport in the U.S. But every four years, many follow swimming, gymnastics and track and field with the same kind of fervor, all for national pride. Athletes we've never heard of become the face of our ...