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United States' Alex Morgan, center, celebrates with teammates including Abby Wambach, left, and Sydney Leroux after the winning goal was scored past Canada's goalkeeper Erin Mcleod during their semifinal women's soccer match at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, at Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England. (AP Photo/) (AP/Jon Super)

A World Cup rematch -- barely

Allen Barra
(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

I said the wrong thing

Cary Tennis
A photo of the author (Kareem Worrell)

Trans, but not like you think

Thomas Page McBee
(Courtesy of Judith and Lawrence Schiller; Lawrence Schiller © Polaris Communications, Inc.)

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So sexy, so dumb

Tracy Clark-Flory

D.R. Haney - The Nervous Breakdown
U.S. gymnast McKayla Maroney botches her landing during the artistic gymnastics women's vault final at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Sunday. (AP/Gregory Bull)

Now that's how you lose!

Mary Elizabeth Williams
A player puts a dollar coin in an Atlantic City slot machine (AP)

Meritxell Mir
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during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus) (AP/Anja Niedringhaus)

Allen Barra
Marlen Esparza, left, and Tyriesha Douglas during a flyweight boxing match at the U.S. Olympic women's boxing team trials on Feb. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jed Conklin)

Marlen Esparza is my idol

Ondine Galsworth
(Zach Trenholm/Salon)

How can I serve the world?

Cary Tennis
Photo Credit: Ian Westcott

Sara Robinson
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"The fundamentalists have won"

Mike Lofgren

Tim Barribeau - The Wirecutter
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Allen Barra
(iStockphoto/samxmeg)

Richard Kirsch - Next New Deal
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Tracy Clark-Flory

Meeting Elvis

Craig Brown
Weight-lifter Holley Mangold, of the United States, trains in preparation for the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics (AP/Hassan Ammar)

Megan Mayhew Bergman
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-9742p1.html'>Kenneth Sponsler</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/Salon/Benjamin Wheelock)

Will Doig
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HBO's "Real Time" host Bill Maher (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

5 atheists who ruin it for everyone else

Ian Murphy - Alternet
(Steve Duncan)

Sharon Blumberg - Hyperallergic
Britain's Jessica Ennis reacts after competing in a 200-meter heptathlon during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium (AP/Anja Niedringhaus)

Better than Michael Phelps?

Allen Barra
Gabby Douglas

Michael Shaw - BagNewsNotes
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