Tribune Olympic Bureau

They loved the tarp. The rain came in the bottom of the second inning Sunday, sending the grounds crew into action. In America, a rain delay would inspire nothing but...

Marion Jones' concentration on trying to win five Olympic gold medals could be severely disrupted by Monday's announcement that her husband, shot putter C.J. Hunter, tested positive for a banned...

Marion Jones' concentration on trying to win five Olympic gold medals could be severely disrupted by the announcement that her husband, shot-putter C.J. Hunter, tested positive for a banned drug...

The weather turned foul Sunday night, and it may have decided the outcome of the Olympic high jump. That only seems appropriate because two leading Olympic officials and the jumper...

Brazil coach Jose Duarte thought it was a foul that should have been whistled. U.S. coach April Heinrichs said she didn't see it. Tiffeny Milbrett, the player who was supposedly...

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 on Monday night. It would have...

Chicagoan Kevin Bracken needed help from a vanquished opponent to make the Greco-Roman wrestling quarterfinals, but 20-year-old Wisconsinite Garrett Lowney got there by taking matters into his own hands, most...

Whether it's the Los Angeles Sparks against the Utah Starzz in the WNBA or the U.S. women's team against Poland in the Olympics, it is always a mesmerizing sight. For...

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-eagle over the head of...