Gold
Go For The GoldYou just can't talk about the Olympics without mentioning the ultimate: the gold. It's the ultimate athletic achievement; it's the prize sought after by the very best athletes from a...
Olympic Rings
Because People Holding Hands Across the Globe Was Too 90'sThe logo for the Olympics is one of the first symbols we become familiar with as kids. Sure, we might recognize the McDonald's Golden Arche...
Olympic Torch
Not Just for Angry VillagersAt the beginning of every Olympic Games, there's an opening ceremony in which someone uses a torch to light an even bigger torch. And then everyone cheers. Yeah. When we...
Podium
More Than Just a StoolEven though the podium has some obvious symbolism—what with the first-place winner raised above the athletes they defeated, and all—there's a subtler meaning to it as well...
Flags
Most of the time, people think of a flag as something to pledge allegiance to in Elementary School, or that thing that flutters above every car dealership.But when the Olympics come around, flags t...
Teddy Bear
Not Just for Babies Olympic athletes are super-disciplined individuals who believe that winning comes from an insanely strict regimen of hard work, focus, and determination.But that doesn't mean th...