2012 London Olympics

Missy Franklin Named Honorary Broncos Captain

Olympic gold medal swimmer Missy Franklin will serve as an honorary captain and will be at midfield for the coin toss before the Denver Broncos play the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday night.

2012/09/04

Missy Franklin sit with her schoolmates at the pep rally (credit: CBS)

High School Classmates Honor Olympic Hero Missy Franklin

Swimmer Missy Franklin just won five Olympic medals, but she’ll say the honors she received Monday meant even more because they came from schoolmates and her family.

2012/08/27

Missy Franklin at the celebration (credit: CBS)

Colorado’s Olympians Get A Big Welcome Home

There was a big welcome home ceremony for Colorado’s Olympians who just got back from London as Gov. John Hickenlooper hosted a party on Saturday in their honor.

2012/08/19

US swimmer Missy Franklin poses on the podium with the gold medal after winning the women's 100m backstroke swimming event at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Aquatics Centre at the Olympic Park in London on July 30, 2012. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (credit" LEON NEAL/AFP/GettyImages)

Missy Franklin Making Colorado Proud, Gets Tweet From Justin Bieber

She has done Colorado proud. With three races down and four to go swimming star Missy Franklin has collected two medals at the Olympics in London.

2012/07/31

U.S. Olympic gold medalist Kimberly Rhode attends USOC Function at the USA House at the Royal College of Art on July 29, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images)

US Athletes Competing With Aurora In Mind

USA Shooting is based in Colorado Springs, about an hour’s drive from the site of the movie theater massacre that left 12 dead and 58 others wounded.

2012/07/31

Missy Franklin Keeps Colorado In Her Thoughts

Missy Franklin is dedicating all her Olympic races to her home state of Colorado.

2012/07/30

Riza Kayaalp (R) of Turkey vies with US Dremiel Byers during their 120 kg Greco-Roman fight for the third place at the World Wrestling Championships in Moscow on September 7, 2010. Riza Kayaalp won the bronze. AFP PHOTO / YURI KADOBNOV (Photo credit should read YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)

US Army Sending 11 Soldiers To London Olympics

Dremiel Byers’ twin careers as an Olympic wrestler and a soldier in the U.S. Army overlap at a crucial place, where athletic ambition and the military mission run head-on into the forces that combat and competition can muster.

2012/07/17