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US Pizza Team Rolls in the Dough

By Monica GarskeDec 8th 2010 – 7:04AM
Courtesy PMQ Magazine

Courtesy PMQ Magazine

(Dec. 8) -- It's no secret that professional athletes rake in a lot of dough. For the quirky, freestyle athletes on the U.S. Pizza Team, the dough flows too, only much more literally. If you were one of the 22.1 million people who watched the 84th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV this year, then you may have...

Something Tells Us Things Will Work Out for Alicia Sacramone

By Trey DaltonAug 13th 2008 – 1:10PM

If you happened to tune in to last night's coverage of this morning's women's team gymnastics in Beijing, you undoubtedly saw the Americans set the record that quite probably won't be broken for some time. I'm talking of course about the "Most Disappointed About a Silver" Olympic and organized competition records they...

Something Tells Us Things Will Work Out for Alicia Sacramone

By Trey DaltonAug 13th 2008 – 12:22PM

If you happened to tune in to last night's coverage of this morning's women's team gymnastics in Beijing, you undoubtedly saw the Americans set the record that quite probably won't be broken for some time. I'm talking of course about the "Most Disappointed About a Silver" Olympic and organized competition records they...

Attractive Olympian: Gymnast Alicia Sacramone

By Matt UffordMay 5th 2008 – 3:30PM

Olympic athletes often don't get paid to do anything other than look good. In that vein, Attractive Olympians handicaps which athletes may rake in endorsement deals after the Olympics.With her powerful, energetic style, Alicia Sacramone is one of the world's premier gymnasts on the vault and floor events. In fact, her...

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Shawn Johnson Retires: U.S. Gymnast Ends Comeback Ahead Of London 2012 Olympics (PHOTOS)

Jun 03rd 2012 - 03:56PM

The knee injury that sparked Shawn Johnson's comeback put an end to it, too.

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Amanda Dai: Rhythmic Diaries: Learning to Just Have Fun

By Amanda Dai May 29th 2012 - 07:53PM

Amanda and Elaine Dai are sisters and competitive rhythmic gymnasts who train at Rhythmic Dreams in Newton, Massachusetts.

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Two Gymnastics Judges Banned From Olympics Over Errors

By AP May 08th 2012 - 12:59PM

Two gymnastics judges have been banned from the London Olympics by a disciplinary panel investigating mistakes during the women's event at last fall's world championships.

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Could Josh Dixon Be The First Openly Gay Olympics Gymnast?

By Curtis M. Wong May 07th 2012 - 11:07AM

Josh Dixon could become the first openly gay male gymnast to participate in the Olympics.

gymnastics News From the Web

  • 06/03/12 US Gymnast Shawn Johnson Retires Source: Extra Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson announced her retirement from competitive gymnastics Sunday due to a longtime knee injury, reports FOX.
  • 06/03/12 Swarts wins double gold at Canadian championship Source: Brantford Expositor - Brantford - ON - Canada It's the biggest moment of your career and everything is in place for a podium finish — So what happens when a cruel twist of fate leaves the very person that helped you get there only able to watch from home?
  • 06/03/12 First time's the charm for local gymnast Source: Lloydminster Meridian Booster - Alberta CA It was a successful trip to Saskatchewan for Shaelyn Brown last month, as she competed very well during her first appearance at the Canadian Gymnastics Championships.
  • 06/03/12 London 2012: Gymnast Shawn Johnson Announces She Will... Source: Bleacher Report After all the rehab and hours in the gym, 2008 Olympian Shawn Johnson has retired at age 20.
  • 06/03/12 Tweddle hitting form Source: Sky News Beth Tweddle boosted her Olympic hopes with victory at the second trial event at Pipers Vale in Ipswich.

Background on gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance.

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