**FILE** In this Sept. 27, 2000, file photo, USA's Rulon Gardner waves the American flag following his gold medal win against three-time Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Kareline, of Russia, in the Greco-Roman 130 kg final wrestling match at the Summer Games in Sydney. Gardner's epic upset of Russian wrestling great Alexander Karelin in 2000 remains one of the most compelling moments of the modern Olympics. Starting in 2020, youngsters looking to Gardner and Karelin for inspiration won't have a chance to excel on the sport's biggest stage. Gardner and nearly everyone else associated with the sport in the U.S. were jolted Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 when International Olympic Committee leaders dropped wrestling from the Summer Games. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)
Georgetown’s varsity lightweight crew members are put through the paces on the Potomac River. Giuseppe Lanzone, who competed in the past two Olympics, exhorts his rowers. Another coach is Sam Stitt, a 2008 Olympian and a teammate of Lanzone’s at McLean High School more than a decade ago. (Craig Bisacre/The Washington Times)
photographs by craig bisacre/the washington times Georgetown’s varsity lightweight crew members are put through the paces on the Potomac River. Giuseppe Lanzone (below), who competed in the past two Olympics, exhorts his rowers. Another coach is Sam Stitt, a 2008 Olympian and a teammate of Lanzone’s at McLean High School more than a decade ago.
“Today” show executive producer Jim Bell is leaving and will become executive producer of NBC’s Olympics coverage.
Israel's deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom and relatives light candles during a commemoration ceremony for the assassination victims of the Olympic games in Munich in 1972, at the former airbase in Fuerstenfeldbruck, southern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. Relatives of Israelis slain by Palestinian gunmen during the games and survivors of the attack are marking its 40th anniversary with German politicians and Jewish leaders at the air base where most of the 12 victims died. Also five terrorists were killed in the failed liberation attempt. (AP Photo/dapd, Lennart Preiss)
Israel's deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom and relatives light candles during a commemoration ceremony for the assassination victims of the Olympic games in Munich in 1972, at the former airbase in Fuerstenfeldbruck, southern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. Relatives of Israelis slain by Palestinian gunmen during the games and survivors of the attack are marking its 40th anniversary with German politicians and Jewish leaders at the air base where most of the 12 victims died. Also five terrorists were killed in the failed liberation attempt. (AP Photo/dapd, Lennart Preiss)
An unidentified official talks to world doubles champions Yu Yang, left, and Wang Xiaoli, as South Korea's Jung Kyung-eun, right, and Kim Ha-na, listen during their women's doubles badminton match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. Wang and Yu and their South Korean opponents were booed loudly at the Olympics on Tuesday for appearing to try and lose their group match in Wembley Arena to earn an easier draw. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
Joanna Garcia Swisher (left) and Justin Kirk star in “Animal Practice,” the show NBC cut away to Sunday night when it delayed the conclusion of the Olympics closing ceremony, drawing further criticism to the network’s coverage of the London Games. (NBC via Associated Press)
Joanna Garcia Swisher (left) and Justin Kirk star in “Animal Practice,” the show NBC cut away to Sunday night when it delayed the conclusion of the Olympics closing ceremony, drawing further criticism to the network’s coverage of the London Games. (NBC via Associated Press)
