The U.S. Ambassador to the U.K. Louis Susman talks about the mood in London, if the Games are a worthwhile investment, and the arrival of the First Lady and Mitt Romney in the city.

Oscar Pistorius, the lightning-fast South African sprinter, isn't the only blade runner in the Olympics. Journalist and torch bearer Stuart Hughes, who lost his right leg, carried the Olympic torch through West London wearing his carbon fiber blade prosthesis.

The London Olympics Opening Ceremonies is called 'Isles of Wonder' and draws inspiration from Shakespeare's The Tempest and is expected to be watched by a global audience of one billion.

Have you ever wondered why there’s a trampoline competition in the Summer Olympics, but no mixed martial arts? Do you ever wish the International Olympic Committee would bring back croquet and speedboating? And why, oh why, did we have to get rid of tandem bicycling?

When it comes to the Olympic games, it’s hard not to be captivated by the human body and what it can accomplish. But looking at uniform changes over the years, it's clear that some people think those bodies — if they belong to females — are best shown half-naked.

We already know the impact that recent NCAA penalties will have on the Penn State football program, but how will they affect the Penn State community?

Do the penalties put upon the Penn State football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal amount to a “death penalty”? That’s what many are reporting one day after NCAA president Mark Emmert imposed a $60 million dollar fine and barred the team from bowl games for four years.

Bob Costas won’t tell you, but watching the Olympics on NBC this year cost the network more than a billion dollars, a price tag that nearly covers the security bill for the 2012 Games. With a projected cost of around $17 billion, is hosting the Olympics worth it?

This morning the NCAA announced massive penalties against Penn State University due to their handling of the child sexual abuse scandal involving the former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

Even though the original estimate for the cost of the London Olympics was $6.5 billion, this week it was announced the cost will be over 100 percent more at $13 billion.

Is Jeremy Lin be headed over to the Rockets? Will all ties with the Knicks be cut by tomorrow? Is it finally the end of New York's 'Linsanity'?

With only 11 days until the Olympic Games opens in London, thousands of athletes and officials are pouring into the British capital. But there are some serious concerns about security preparations for the Games.

Saudi Arabia is sending two female athletes to the Olympics for the first time, becoming one of the last competing countries to do so. The step is a huge statement for female athletes globally, but some critics warn that it may be a deceiving one.

NBA Commissioner David Stern has been hinting that this 20th year of Dream Teams may be the last. Rumor has it the future Olympic teams will have a 23-year-old age limit and mostly be unknowns or college players.

A Texas man who loves bowling narrowly missed bowling three perfect games by a single pin. He later found out that bowling a perfect 900 could have killed him.

Last year the women's soccer team from Iran was prevented from playing a qualifying match for the 2012 Olympics because they refused to remove their hijabs before kickoff. Female Muslim soccer players often find themselves in the same predicament on their local fields, even in North America. But all that might change, thanks to a new decision by the International Federation of Association Football.

It's Independence Day, time for the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating contest on Coney Island. American Joey Chestnut broke records with his win last year and is again the favorite to win the infamous Mustard Belt.

If Spain's national soccer team wins its semifinal this afternoon and goes on to win a second consecutive European championship, then many say that La Roja (the Red) would have earned the right to be called "the greatest sports team of all time."

A committee of university presidents has approved a new playoff system for college football. After this year, the much-derided Bowl Championship Series will come to an end, and be replaced by a four-team playoff and a Super Bowl-style title game.

Grunts from professional tennis players — which for many years has been a hot issue, especially among long-time tennis fans who say it’s too barbarous for the sport — could soon be a thing of the past.