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Next at NBC Sports: The Olympics...And Baseball?
As the network looks to add content, NBC Sports chief Mark Lazarus calls baseball a premiere...

Football Legends to Quarterback NFL-Themed Crystal Cruise
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For those for whom football fever lingers well after the Big Game, ultra-luxe Crystal Cruises is offering a showdown of gridiron greats during a spring "NFL ...

From heaven to hell, Greek sport in freefall
ATHENS (Reuters) - Peeling paint flakes from Athens' Olympic park. Its entrances locked, this once sparkling edifice to sporting greatness lies rotting and largely unused -- maintenance costs too high for near-bankrupt Greece to operate. The rate of decay and dilapidation in just eight years provides a visual clue to the Greek scenario, one as effective as any economist's report or politician's ...

Historic Venues of the 2012 Olympics
London has evolved from a rich, historic background, to a modern city. Likewise, the Olympics now combine both old and new sporting traditions. The London 2012 Olympics will make use of some of the city's oldest buildings and grounds as venues for international competition.

Australia, Japan football hit by Olympic setbacks
Australia's Olympic hopes were dealt a major blow with away defeat to Uzbekistan, while Japan were knocked off the top of Group C with an upset loss to Syria.

Sharapova sets sights on London Olympics
Maria Sharapova is making the London Olympics one of her top priorities this year after missing the Beijing Games with an injury.

Building Your Team (Part 7): Top 5 Starters in Fantasy Baseball
Starting pitchers in fantasy baseball can make the difference between being the champ and being the chump. The good ones will get you good results in multiple categories. They won't all be the aces of their team's staff, but they don't have to be.

Egypt Football Riots a Reminder that Sport Isn't Life
Football isn't life. No sport is life. Nothing is life except, of course, life . 74 people are dead, and that number may very well go up sooner than later, after the post-match violence that occurred in a football stadium located in Port Said, Egypt.

Olympics Coventry urged to back 2012 Olympic Games
THE chief executive of the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOGOC) has urged the people of Coventry to embrace the Olympic Games when they visit the city this summer.