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Olympics Preview - From basketball to track and field, Take a look at some of the most anticipated events of the 2012 Olympic Games in London, which kick off on July 27. —Britt Middleton.  Sport: Women's Basketball Teams: USA vs. Croatia When: Saturday, July 28 at 11:45 a.m. ET (inaugural match) Players to Watch: Seimone Augustus (USA), Sue Bird (USA), Swin Cash (USA) (Photo: Paul Thomas/Getty Images)

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Men's Basketball - Teams: USA vs. France When: Sunday, July 29 at 9:30 a.m. ET (inaugural match) Players to Watch: Kobe Bryant (USA), Kevin Durant (USA), Anthony Davis (USA) (Photo: AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

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Men's Swimming: 400m Individual Relay - When: Saturday, July 28 at 5:00 a.m. ET (qualifiers) Athlete to Watch: Michael Phelps (USA), who set the world record of 4:03.84 at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. (Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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Men's Swimming: 4x400m Freestyle Relay - When: Sunday, July 29 at 6:53 a.m. ET (qualifiers) Athlete to Watch: Cullen Jones (USA), gold medalist from Beijing Olympics in 2008. (Photo: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

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Women's Swimming: 4x400m Freestyle Relay - When: Saturday, July 28 at 7:11 a.m. ET (qualifiers) Athlete to Watch: Lia Neal (USA), first-time Olympian hailing from Brooklyn, New York. (Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

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Men's Gymnastics: Individual All-Around - When: Saturday, July 28 at 6:00 a.m. ET (qualifiers) Athletes to Watch: John Orozco (USA), Danell Leyva (USA) and Jake Dalton (USA). The U.S. team won bronze at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. (Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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Women's Gymnastics: Individual All-Around - When: Sunday, July 29 at 4:30 a.m. ET (qualifiers) Athletes to Watch: Gabby Douglas (USA), McKayla Maroney (USA), Kyla Ross (USA), Jordyn Wieber (USA) and Alexandra Raisman (USA). (Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

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Women's Tennis: Singles/Doubles - When: Beginning Sunday, July 29 at 6:30 a.m. ET (schedule of play TBD) Athletes to Watch: Serena Williams (USA) and Venus Williams (USA) (Photo: Clive Rose/Getty Images)

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Men's Track and Field: 400m Dash - When: Saturday, August 4 at 5:35 a.m. ET (first round) Athletes to Watch: LaShawn Merritt (USA), Kirani James (Grenada) and Oscar Pistorius (South Africa). Pistorius will be the first double amputee to compete in a non-Paralympic track and field event in Olympic history. (Photo: Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

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Men's Track and Field: 100m Dash - When: Sunday, August 5 at 5:00 a.m. ET (preliminaries) Athlete to watch: Usain Bolt (Jamaica), who in 2009 set the world record of 9.58 seconds at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Germany. (Photo: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images)

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Women's Boxing: Lightweight  - When: Sunday, August 5 at 9:30 a.m. ET Athlete to Watch: Queen Underwood (USA). The London Games mark the first-ever women's boxing contest. (Photo: Paul Thomas/Getty Images)