Olympics

Fast food giant McDonald's (MCD) is taking the phrase "super size" to a new level. For the 2012 Olympics, the hamburger chain is planning on rolling out its biggest store yet. Learn more in the video below.

If you read an email that says you've won tickets to the 2012 Olympics in London, don't be fooled. It is yet another lure by scam artists intent on getting your personal information, the Better Business Bureau warns. The BBB says the fake emails use the U.K. National Lottery logo making them look...

South Africa has some lofty expectations about the boost the World Cup will bring to its economy. Economists are skeptical that the soccer tournament will live up to those expectations and history shows that it most likely will not.

Did you miss him? Jay Leno returns tonight to his long-time gig as host of the Tonight Show, and NBC is hoping it will be like he never left. Leno's first guests are Jamie Foxx, Olympic skiier Lindsay Vonn (straight from the Vancouver closing ceremonies, I hope she's awake!) and country singer Brad...

NBC's Olympics coverage has generated a deluge of complaints about its lack of video on the Web. As the network tries to squeeze every last advertising dollar out of the games in prime time, even as it loses millions of dollars, it may be losing a more valuable prize: loyal viewers.

There's a reason Olympic athletes mouth the words, "Thanks, Mom" into the cameras as they hold their medals aloft. Mothers spend countless hours waiting, watching, driving and cheering them on and they spend a small fortune on tournament fees, coaching, travel and sports equipment. Being the mom of...

NBC's Olympic coverage is scoring big ratings with viewers so far, a relief to the network still recovering from the whole" fire Conan O'Brien to get Jay Leno back on the Tonight Show" debacle. For the first three days of coverage for the Winter Games live from Vancouver, the network averaged 28.6...

NBC expects to lose money on the Olympics, north of $200 million, for the first time. One large reason for the lack of buzz is our collective indifference to the Games' marquee sport, the one that traditionally brings in the biggest ratings: figure skating.

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They're coming soon! You may think that only the rich and well-connected can win a spot at the Winter Games, but that's just not the case. WalletPop's Jason Cochran talked to Amber Sessions of Tourism Vancouver, the city's official tourism authority, on how a visitor can hope to get in on the...