From beaches to world meet pool for Conor Dwyer
Conor Dwyer always knew he would indulge his inner beach boy one day. Surfing. Riding an electric skateboard along a Pacific boardwalk. Oh, yes, and training for the World Swimming...
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From the archives: Baseball is a dream that can’t go away
This article was originally published Aug. 11, 1985. The field where the boy played pick-up baseball games every day was called, in simple elegance, Big Hill. The hill began about...
From the archives: Dwyer picks up speed; With Phelps’ help, Winnetka product making a push that starts at U.S. championships
This article was published July 22, 2014. It is a perfect late spring morning. The sun already has dried out the remains of an overnight rain, and the birds are...
Back to the future: Olympics returning to China, not a choice location
China, which has 1.35 billion people, made approximately that many promises about the improved human rights in the country that would result from Beijing's hosting the 2008 Summer Olympics. After...
IOC blames Boston for its bid fiasco, while Boston mayor rips USOC
And now the blame game. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said Tuesday he had no longer trusted U.S. Olympic Committee assurances it was fully behind the city's 2024 Olympic bid and...
Homer Glen’s Becca Mann misses Olympic open water spot
Becca Mann's hopes of making the 2016 U.S. Olympic team now rest in the pool. The swimmer from Homer Glen finished fast in Tuesday's 10-kilometer race at the World Championships...
End of Boston 2024 Olympic bid a blow to USOC leadership
In late March, I wrote a column headlined, "If Boston 2024 becomes a ghost ship, does that sink USOC leaders?" It is a question that needs to be asked again,...
USOC pulls the plug on Boston 2024 bid; another bid city possible
The U.S. Olympic Committee and Boston officials Monday agreed to end the city's comedy-of-errors attempt to bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. In a statement, USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun...
Northwestern swimmer wins world title, Olympic spot
Northwestern senior Jordan Wilimovsky became the first U.S. swimmer to qualify for the 2016 Olympics. And he did it with a flourish. Needing a top-10 finish in Monday's 10-kilometer open...
Glenview swimmer Smoliga gets Pan Am Games silver
Olivia Smoliga went into the quadrennial Pan American Games hoping to boost her sagging morale. And the swimmer from Glenview felt better after her performances Friday. Smoliga, 20, broke the...