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The 2016 State Summer Games for the Special Olympics is being planned for Twin Falls in the summer of 2016. The event will draw an estimated 1,200 athletes from 30 teams to Twin Falls. 350 spectators are also estimated to attend the event.

Here's some exciting news for future Olympic games - the IOC has officially recognized Ultimate Frisbee as a sport!

Think of the Summer Olympics and tell me what sports you think of. Track and field events, swimming, and gymnastics right? How about Chess? Nope? Well, that may change because Chess is one of 6 ridiculous sports that applied for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

KTVB- NBC has won the rights to four Olympic Games through 2020 in a deal valued at nearly $4.4 billion.

The city of Tokyo won its bid to host the 2020 Olympics this past fall, leading many people, this site included, to draw the parallel between reality and the post-apocalyptic manga and anime feature film Akira, which took place in the run-up to the 2020 Olympic Games in Neo-Tokyo. The organizers real-life Games in Tokyo have turned to another manga/anime, Doraemon, to help promote the Olympics. Th

During the Sochi Winter Olympics there was a lot of hype, conversation, great wins, and some stunning losses. As a country, the USA was very well represented and many athletes came home with medals. That tradition continues with the Paralympics - going on now! Read below to get the latest results for the Sochi Paralympics.

Canada continued its dominance over the U.S in Olympic men's hockey on Friday. Here's a recap of all the day's action in Sochi:

The United States of America always has a great showing at the Olympics. Our athletes are seen in the majority of competitions...but we aren't the best at everything. Even the great Shawn White wasn't able to bring home a medal this year - U.S.A. overall does tend to dominate the snowboarding events. So, which country dominates each Winter Olympic sport?

As young-adult films often focus on contests and matters of life and death turned into sporting events, it's fitting that ‘Divergent' -- which stars Shailene Woodley, Kate Winslet, and future Kyle Reese, Jai Courtney -- released an extended Winter Olympics trailer.

The Sochi Olympics are in full swing, and while the focus is (rightly) on the successes of the athletes, it is inevitable that there are going to be some spectacular crashes.

I always get sucked into watching the Olympics, but I never really thought about this before. Do they compete just for honor and glory? Maybe...but they also get paid. How much do Olympians get for winning a medal?

An American skier continued to etch her place in Olympic history on Monday, and the Dutch rose to the top of the medal count. Here's a recap of the day's action in Sochi: