Jesse Owens wins a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics, repudiating Adolph Hitler’s theories of racial superiority. Found at YouTube from micbec2007.

I don’t get the connection between killer plants and basketball but who cares, I guess; the animation’s pretty cool. This is apparently a commercial promoting the 2004 Olympic gold medal-winning Argentina basketball team. Found at YouTube from underpantsontv.

So this is how the Norwegian alpine ski team prepares for the Olympics? Found at YouTube from stjaffmaister.

One thing’s for certain as Olympic figure skaters take to the ice in Vancouver: there will be plenty of sequins, chiffon–and poor taste. Found at YouTube from methusssela via Time magazine.

Scientific American contributing editor Christie Nicholson takes you inside the sport, to explore the physics behind a figure skater’s spectacular moves. Found at Scientific American.

Watch the production process of the official 2010 World Cup match ball Jabulani. All Official Match Balls for the 2010 FIFA World Cup have the same weight and the same circumference and are therefore always the same size. Found at YouTube from Shine2010Community.

Here’s a little kid reciting Herb Brooks‘ inspirational speech before the US Olympic hockey team before their game against the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics. Found at YouTube from jsacco14. This is the scene from the movie Miracle in which Brooks delivers the same speech to his team. Found at YouTube from murphystar1.