Tourist Time The 6-foot blonde could have been just another tourist as she studied a map with her friends outside Horse Guards Parade.
Strolling through security to enter Olympic Park, former British basketball star John Amaechi says he has been quite pleased with how his home coun
Dressed head to toe in the British flag — or, rather, AS the British flag — Mick Burn wanted to find a spot along the road course to cheer cyclist
On a Saturday lunchtime, London's main shopping area, Oxford Street should be packed.
Not everyone in London is infected with the Olympic spirit.
The eyes of London are transfixed on these games.
It's just how she likes it. Princess Anne crossed the road in front of me in Green Park.
Japanese volleyball coach Masayoshi Manabe is missing his trusty iPad.
Michael Phelps was surprisingly slow in the 400-meter individual medley prelims Saturday.
London Mayor Boris Johnson says he spent all night dreaming about the opening ceremony and thinks it was better than China's stunning show four
The table tennis venue is abuzz with talk that Bill Gates will show up on Saturday — and he'd see a familiar face in young American singles player
There's a battle for authority at points along Saturday morning's cycling road course. Even soldiers are being ordered around.
The Americans won't waste any time setting the tone for the women's gymnastics competition.
Australia's archery coach James Park and a handful of athletes got an early start, heading out on the Tube to Green Park to find a place to cheer
NBC's Bob Costas noted a controversy over honoring Israeli athletes killed at the Olympics 40 years ago, but stopped short of offering his own prot
FLASHBACK — BERLIN 1936: "Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler, attired in a brown uniform and smiling genially, formally launched the Eleventh Olympiad
Thousands of spectators, athletes and officials are pouring out of Olympic Stadium and onto the plaza.
As Paul McCartney sang "Hey Jude" at the end of the opening ceremony, an entire bar broke out in song with him.
The cauldron itself, created from leaves of copper carried in by each nation united all the athletes, folding them all into a flower that looks
The party spirit is evident all over the host city, miles from the stadium.
Paul McCartney and piano take center stage, singing "The End" from "Abbey Road" before being officially introduced and launching into "Hey, Jude."
David Beckham on his way on the Thames, bringing the torch to the stadium, transported in a rigid inflatable boat.
The man who famously floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee could barely move as he appeared during the late moments of the Olympics
"I declare open the games of London." — Queen Elizabeth II
IOC President Jacques Rogge: Character counts far more than medals.
I think there might be such a thing as procession fatigue.
As the time neared midnight, organizers in black pushed the athletes to get moving. They speeded up the music. But the athletes weren't having it.
So many Olympics have been blighted by war and boycotts. Now the global context is economic depression and growing bitterness.
The parade of athletes seems to be moving more quickly than usual, with the Olympians moving in step with drums.