Who's the first person to bite their medal (photos or it never happened) during the Olympics? [more inside]
posted by furtive on Aug 19, 2008 - 3 answers

Why do Olympic medal tables in US media look different to medal tables in media in the rest of the world? [more inside]
posted by salmacis on Aug 19, 2008 - 22 answers

A year or two ago there was a news story about Israel awarding medals to several agents of their government for acts of terrorism against Egypt and the United States (in the 70s I think). Formerly they had been denounced by the Israelis as "rogue" agents or some such. Anyone have a link to the story?
posted by BrotherCaine on Jan 27, 2007 - 2 answers

While cleaning up my grandmother's attic, I came across a Russian medal which I'd like to know more about. [more inside]
posted by alexei on Sep 4, 2006 - 9 answers