The London 2012 Paralympic Games inspires the world with a record number of athletes

Sep 4, 2012

The London 2012 Paralympic Games inspires the world with a record number of athletes

Nick Tann 0 Comment Olympics, Sports athletes, London, Olympics, paralympics

Already on Day 6, the London 2012 Paralympic Games is in full swing. The People’s Republic of China leads the medal count with an astonishing 49 golds (121 total) followed by Great Britain with 22 golds (74 total) and the Russian Federation with 18 golds (54 total). By the time of the Closing Ceremonies on September 9, the London Games will have welcomed 4,280 competitors from 164 nations, the largest number of athletes since the first Paralympics in 1960.

Swimming in ink: Memorable Sun front pages featuring Michael Phelps at the Olympics

Aug 19, 2012

Swimming in ink: Memorable Sun front pages featuring Michael Phelps at the Olympics

Pete Sweigard 1 Comment Archives, Olympics, Sports, The Baltimore Sun 2012 Olympics, Baltimore, Baltimore Sun, Michael Phelps, Newspapers, Olympics, sports, swimming

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You don’t become the most decorated Olympian of all time without ubiquitous worldwide press coverage — hardware equals headlines — but we can safely say the ink chronicling hometown hero Michael Phelps in the pages of The Baltimore Sun could fill entire swimming pools. A record 22 Olympic medals, including 18 golds, will do that. Search “Michael Phelps” in The Sun’s print archives and you’ll find more than 1,500 articles mentioning him, a total which isn’t comprehensive for the newspaper and doesn’t include any website or mobile content. Ninety-nine front-page (1A) stories* have at least mentioned Phelps, though he’s obviously been the main subject of many of those. Not bad for a 27-year-old, huh?

As Phelps begins life after competitive swimming, we take a look back at The Sun’s coverage of his Olympic medal-winning races in Athens, Beijing and London, highlighting the print covers and stories.
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August 14 Photo Brief with a 17-foot snake, a 4-inch elephant fetus, a 60-foot beached whale and a giant panda’s 9th birthday

Aug 14, 2012

August 14 Photo Brief with a 17-foot snake, a 4-inch elephant fetus, a 60-foot beached whale and a giant panda’s 9th birthday

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, Amazon River, Bahrain, Brussels, Burmese python, Cuba, elephant, England, Everglades, Fidel Castro, flooding, Florida, Israel, Olympics, Pakistan, panda, Philippines, Pussy Riot, Russia, snake, The Netherlands, Vienna, whale

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A 17-foot-7-inch Burmese python weighing 164 pounds and carrying 87 eggs is caught, killed and studied in Florida, a 60-foot female fin whale perishes on the English shore, the first artificially inseminated elephant continues to thrive in utero and more in today’s daily brief.
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August 13 Photo Brief: Olympics Closing Ceremony, Perseid meteor shower, earthquakes in Iran

Aug 13, 2012

August 13 Photo Brief: Olympics Closing Ceremony, Perseid meteor shower, earthquakes in Iran

Stokely Baksh 0 Comment Daily Brief Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, London, Mexico, Olympics, Perseid meteor shower

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Olympics Closing Ceremony, Perseid meteor shower, twin earthquakes kills about 300, injures hundreds more in Iran and more in today’s daily brief.
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August 10 Photo Brief with a human pyramid, Agent Orange and Olympics Day 14

Aug 10, 2012

August 10 Photo Brief with a human pyramid, Agent Orange and Olympics Day 14

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Agent Orange, Air Force, flooding, gymnastics, Hinduism, India, London, Olympics, Pakistan, Philippines, prosthetists, Red Arrows, Russia, Scotland, seals, Shi’ite Muslims, synchronized swimming, wrestling

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Vietnam remembers the horrors of Agent Orange sprayed by U.S. troops in the 60′s, Indian Hindu devotees form a human pyramid during the Janmashtami celebrations, jets rehearse for the Russian Air Force’s 100th anniversary flight show and more in today’s daily brief.
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10 animated gifs from the 2012 Summer Olympic Games

Aug 10, 2012

10 animated gifs from the 2012 Summer Olympic Games

Stokely Baksh and Nick Tann 0 Comment Case of the Fridays, Entertainment, Olympics, Sports basketball, boxing, diving, football, gifs, hurdles, London, Michelle Obama, Olympics, pole vault, sailing, soccer, tongues, weightlifting

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If the Olympics reinforced anything, it’s our addiction to the animated gif — everyone from journalists to pop culture enthusiasts created them to add a little drama and pizazz in reporting the Games this year. Elspeth Reeve from The Atlantic provided a gif guide to “how the U.S. Team crushed the Russians,” meanwhile Buzzfeed highlighted the “most absurd moments of the Olympic Opening Ceremony” and Mashable presented “the most painful moments of the Olympics” via gifs.

Here’s a gif rundown from the Neiman Journalism Lab, a Storify of Olympics gifs, and a gif need to know guide for journalists from Ann Friedman.

We claim to be no pros, but here we add our own to the Olympics animated gif mix from the hurdles to weightlifting and even a First Lady Michelle Obama reaction, using photos and the power of layers and animation in Photoshop.
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August 9 Photo Brief: Fancy Hindu dressing, Singapore’s birthday, Philippine flooding continues

Aug 9, 2012

August 9 Photo Brief: Fancy Hindu dressing, Singapore’s birthday, Philippine flooding continues

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, Bangalore, Copenhagen, decathlon, Endinburgh, fashion, Fireworks, flooding, Germany, gymnastics, Hindu, India, Karachi, Khost Province, Krishna, Kuala Lumpur, London, Manila, Muslim, Olympics, orangutan, Pakistan, Philippines, Royal Mile, Scotland, scrap metal, Singapore, soldier, US Army, Wembley Arena

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A fancy dress competition by Hindu devotees, Singapore celebrates 47 years of independence, heavy flooding continues in Manila and more in today’s daily brief.
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August 8 photo brief: Too much water in Manila, too little in Kansas, Olympics day 12 and a baby macaque

Aug 8, 2012

August 8 photo brief: Too much water in Manila, too little in Kansas, Olympics day 12 and a baby macaque

Jerry Jackson 0 Comment Daily Brief 2012 Olympics, China, England, India, London, Olympics

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Typhoon Haikui hits China, flooding continues in the Philippines, Women’s Greco-Roman wrestling, Olympic springboard faces and more in today’s daily brief.
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Tattoo Watch 2012 continues with 40 new inked-up Olympic pictures

Aug 7, 2012

Tattoo Watch 2012 continues with 40 new inked-up Olympic pictures

Nick Tann 1 Comment Olympics, Sports, World London, Olympics, tattoos

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As this year’s Olympic athletes continue to show off their skills on the field, in the pool, on the court, in the ring, etc., they also continue to show off their skin art. So much in fact that last week’s Darkroom post on 50 more tattoos on the world’s best athletes simply wasn’t enough.

August 7 Photo Brief: Massive flooding in Manila, Olympics Day 11 and fake blue horse poo

Aug 7, 2012

August 7 Photo Brief: Massive flooding in Manila, Olympics Day 11 and fake blue horse poo

Nick Tann 0 Comment Daily Brief Bangladesh, Barasingha deer, cycling, diving, dressage, Germany, India, Ivory Coast, javelins, London, Olympics, PETA, Philippines, Siamang Gibbon, South Africa, Spain, triathlon, Union Flag, wildfire, wrestling

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Torrential rains in the Philippines cause flood waters to reach 6.5 feet (2 meters) high, the competition at the Summer Olympic Games stays strong, a German art installation of equine excrement plops down in front of a museum in Berlin and more in today’s daily brief.
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