Tribune Olympic Bureau

They ran through the chilly evening downpour as joyously as if the sun were beaming down on them from a cloudless sky, waving American flags, hugging each other and pointing...

The race was only 400 meters, but Australia came so much further Monday night. It was a race of recognition and reconciliation for the 2000 Olympics host nation. It was...

If not for the parting shots of their most heralded performer and their weeklong histrionics, U.S. gymnastics would have departed these Olympic Games on Monday without a trace. Of the...

A 330-pound man who is not even competing in the Olympics cast his enormous shadow over what otherwise would have been remembered as one of the brightest nights of track...

Two weeks ago, a victory in an important softball game would not have inspired the type of on-field celebration the United States team staged Monday night. It would have been...

Michael Bennett's Olympic dream ended short of a medal Tuesday as heavyweight Felix Savon of Cuba outpointed him enough through three rounds to force a stoppage by Olympic rules. Bennett...

Beaten by Brazil four times before the gold-medal round, the U.S. men's beach volleyball team wouldn't let its past become its future. Instead, Eric Fonoimoana and Dain Blanton moved a...

The U.S. Olympic boxing team, with two of its dozen members having fought their way through to the quarterfinals but five others eliminated, returned to the ring Tuesday for its...

Chicagoan Kevin Bracken did not bow out of the Greco-Roman wrestling medal competition gracefully, while Wisconsin phenom Garrett Lowney's remarkable run at Olympic gold ended with a sore head he'll...

No more Air Canada. Call Vince Carter USAir now. In one of the most astounding dunks you'll ever see outside a dunk contest, Carter leaped spread-eagled over the head of...