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London Olympics 2012

Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas attends the 22nd annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards at Carnegie Hall on November 12, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

Gabby Douglas: 'I almost quit gymnastics to work at Chick-Fil-A'

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Having moved far from home to train for the Olympics, Gabby Douglas told her mother when she 15 years old that she was ready to throw in the towel, move home, and 'get a job at Chick-Fil-A'...
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London 2012 Olympic games gold medalist Gabby Douglas throws out the first pitch at Citi Field on August 23, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

Gabby throws 1st pitch at Mets game

Carrie Healey
SLIDESHOW - Two-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Citi Field Thursday night before the Mets-Rockies game...
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Left: Basketball player Kobe Bryant and wife Vanessa at the official after party for the 2004 World Music Awards, September 15, 2005 at Body English in the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The show was being broadcast live from Las Vegas on September 15 for the first time after being held in Monte Carlo for 15 years. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images) Right: United States basketball player Kobe Bryant attends the swimming finals session on Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympic Games with his wife Vanessa Bryant at the Aquatics Centre on August 4, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

Vanessa Bryant slams 'ridiculous' plastic surgery rumors

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Representatives for Kobe Bryant's wife, Vanessa Bryant are strongly denying reports that she has had any plastic surgery done.
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Valorie Burton (center) discusses Allyson Felix and Gabrielle Douglas

Black women at the 2012 Olympics: A cure for reality television

Valorie Burton
OPINION - Sometimes I feel bombarded by the negative images of women who look like me on reality television. But two weeks of Olympics coverage was like a breath of fresh air complete with a cast of beautiful, triumphant black women...
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's 4 x 100m Relay on Day 15 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 11, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

Usain Bolt refuses to race in UK due to tax laws

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Usain Bolt, triple gold medalist at this year's London Olympics, announced that he will not compete in the United Kingdom until their current tax laws are changed...
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Gabrielle Douglas of the United States celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Artistic Gymnastics Women’s Individual All-Around final on Day 6 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at North Greenwich Arena on August 2, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

Gabby Douglas to appear on 'Oprah's Next Chapter'

Carrie Healey
theGRIO REPORT - Following an amazing London Olympics in which American gymnast Gabby Douglas earned herself two gold medals, in the individual all-around and team competitions, she will sit down with Oprah Winfrey...
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Fireworks explode over the stadium during the Closing Ceremony on Day 16 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 12, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

2012 London Olympics comes to close

Carrie Healey
SLIDESHOW - The 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony included several performances by international and English artists, as Olympic athletes, fans, and royalty watched from inside the Olympic Stadium.
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First Lady Michelle Obama

Trapped in the closet over class: Judging Mrs. O's Olympic fashion

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond
OPINION - The first lady’s closet represents the vastness of America’s fashion appetites, plus its multi-tiered class system — and as a result, the country’s economic identity crisis...
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Jesse Owens At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, track and field athlete Jesse Owens achieved international fame. He won four gold medals; one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the long jump and as a member of the 4x100 relay team.

theGrio's greatest black Olympians

Melissa Noel
SLIDESHOW - Every four years we watch the Olympics Games with excitement as America's greatest athletes compete against their best international competitors for a chance to bring home the gold...
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