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Shweta Pandey
6:11 p.m. London/1:11 p.m. ET: Did you know you can't wear oversized hats to the Games? Or bring in too much food? Or big umbrellas?
Michael Katz (@KatzM) breaks down a half-dozen silly things banned from the Olympic venues.
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5:40 p.m. London/12:40 p.m. ET: Joe Posnanski leads off the debut of the new site Sports On Earth with an essay on the simplicity of the Olympics. Money quote:
"Ryan Lochte has already been the best in the world at something more than once. Michael Phelps has been the best in the world many, many times. But that part of them doesn't quench. That's part of what makes this race so fascinating. They each want to be the best again, and as a sports fan it doesn't matter the sport, it doesn't matter the event, it doesn't matter the particulars. It only matters that one of them will get to the wall first."
Read the whole essay here and check out Sports On Earth's Olympics coverage here.
4:29 p.m. London/11:29 a.m. ET: As we wait for reports to emerge from the run-up to the Opening Ceremonies, here are a few must-see storylines from the past 24 hours:
Olympic swimmers do "Call Me Maybe": Swimmer Cullen Jones told USA Today's Nicole Auerbach: "Four of the ladies were like, 'We're going to make this video, we're going to make it viral, we're going to put it out there. We want all of you guys in it." Watch the video here.
Your must-see photo of the day: US wrestler Elena Pirozhkova picks up Michelle Obama during theFirst Lady's visit with Team USA athletes:
Going up?!
(Photo hat-tip to wrestler Clarissa Chun, who caught the photo and posted it to Twitter.)
See more cool photos from Michelle Obama's visit with Team USA.
The most memorable Opening Ceremony moment?Christine Brennan has hers: 2002 Salt Lake City. "For the first time in 22 years, the 1980 gold-medal-winning U.S. Olympic men's ice hockey team, led by captain Mike Eruzione, is reunited at the top of the stadium to light the caldron. Check out the rest of her Top 10 here.
Olympic fashion preview:Kevin Durant and Carmelo Anthony are ready for their Opening Ceremonies walk, sporting the distinctive Team USA beret:
(Be sure to like USA Today Sports' Facebook page to get some of the best up-to-the-minute photos from the Opening Ceremonies.)
USA Basketball in Berets
PHOTOS:London on the eve of the Games. Check out a stream of cool photos here:
Olympic mascot Wenlock: Creepy or cute? USA Today Sports' Mike Foss investigates.
3:52 p.m. London/10:52 a.m. ET: Is LeBron James on Team Phelps or Team Lochte? "You going to make me choose? I love them both. They're dolphins in the water." (USA Today Sports' Jeff Zillgitt, via Twitter)
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