Gymnast, Olympic gold medalist and Meme of the Year creator McKayla Maroney visited the White House on Saturday morning along with the rest of the U.S. Women's gymnastics team. While in the Oval Office, the two did their best interpretation of the state of Ohio's feelings towards Mitt Romney for the entirety of the 2012 election.

The Olympics are here. And with them, a whole mess of sports to watch. How to decide? By reading our definitive rankings, and making your programming choices accordingly. Duh.

If you were, say, a world-class athlete, or anyone who had just spent twenty-hours on a plane not including customs and security, the thing you'd most want to do after leaving the airport is get lost, right?

Last week, Ralph Lauren, the official outfitter of the U.S. Olympic team, released the first images of the team's uniforms for the opening ceremonies of the 2012 games.

Swimmer and lazy person Michael Phelps announced Monday that he has dropped the 200-meter freestyle race from his London Olympic program, bringing his slate of events for the 2012 games down to a paltry seven.

In the four years since its unveiling, the graffiti-inspired logo for the 2012 London Olympics has been accused of looking like many thing: The Waffen SS insignia, for instance, or Lisa Simpson giving head. And now, because why not, the Iranian Olympic committee has gotten into the game and accused the logo of spelling out "Zion." The organizers must be huge Bob Marley fans! Or, if you listen to the Iranians, it's a secret pro-Israel message. How surprising, that the Iranian government is making noise about something bizarre and tenuously related to Jews! We still think it looks more like the Lisa Simpson blowjob thing. [NYDN]

BBC announced that they may show the 2012 Olympics in 3D. Because, you know, why not?