Tribune Olympic Bureau

These are moments frozen in time, controversies from the past that linger today, raising questions of fairness and the nature of the Olympic spirit. Three times the International Olympic Committee's...

The color of the glitter decorating Shannon Bahrke's cheeks and eyelashes matched the color of the medal she took home from the freestyle moguls Saturday. Silver. The first American medal...

One day Cammi Granato is down in her family's basement in Downers Grove, fighting with her brothers to play the role of Mike Eruzione. The next day she is racing...

In a figure skating short program, technical mastery is prized over performance. With all the required elements each couple must perform in 2 minutes 40 seconds, there is little time...

One more turn for the ponytailed phoenix with the nursery-rhyme name and the mystic warrior's patter. Like an eager child hooked on a new game, she says she wants just...

For American speedskater Derek Parra, there's only one way to focus before a big race. There's only one way he can calm his nerves, channel his energy and prepare to...

Near the end of Friday night's Opening Ceremony for the 19th Winter Olympics, in a protocol-mandated segment called "Symbol of Peace," the cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the singer Sting performed...

The anticipated first event of the Winter Olympics was reduced to a great anticlimax Friday when officials shut down the 90-meter ski-jump competition before it began. They didn't want a...

John Zimmerman's trip to Utah can be best described in his words--as "a long odyssey." It began in an unlikely place for a figure skater, Montgomery, Ala., and included stops...

The damaged American flag from the World Trade Center will not be raised at the 2002 Winter Olympics because officials decided it is too fragile to fly. High winds are...