Tribune Olympic Bureau

Not far from the ring where he lost to Cuban boxing icon Felix Savon, Michael Bennett sat down with two bottles of soda and a bag of potato chips and...

Amid the swirling controversy of vaults, drugs and internal bickering that has become women's gymnastics in this Olympic Games comes word that the Romanians are returning their medals in the...

There was the requisite group hug, as well as the standard bended-knee team prayer in the infield. Then the Americans made their way behind their flag-bearer, Lisa Fernandez, and joyously...

"Mientkiewicz" has become a dirty word in South Korea. Mention "Mientkiewicz" in that part of the world and you're likely to get a dirty look. It's the equivalent of saying...

A Wyoming farm boy who kept quiet when teasing classmates called him "Fatso" as a 120-pound 4th grader took it out on the world's most fearsome Greco-Roman wrestler Wednesday. And...

Disappointment can come in different forms and varying degrees of pain. Gail Devers seems intent on experiencing it in as many ways as she can. At the 1992 Olympics, she...

Marion Jones said she knew all along that Wednesday would be her toughest day of the Olympics. She was referring only to competition: running the first round of the 200...

He may not be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound, and he probably won't be able to surpass the NBA legend of Michael Jordan. But Vince Carter...

"Go, Cathy! Run, girl! Make us proud, Cathy! Do it for us, Cathy!" They were her blood brothers, her blood sisters, people of her race gathered before a hastily assembled...

Michael Johnson tried to play modest Monday. When asked to characterize his place in track history, the star did something he rarely does--backpedal. "That's something for other people to decide,"...