Tribune Olympic Bureau

Colleen Rosensteel had won two of four matches, and one of those victories was against the reigning world champion in her weight class. In many sports on many occasions, that...

They had done everything together for the last year, so it only seemed right that American swimmers Gary Hall Jr. and Anthony Ervin step onto the winner's podium together at...

Tommy Lasorda grabbed Italy's manager, Silvano Ambrosioni, after the game. Speaking with his best Italian accent, Lasorda said, "Hey, paesano, why don't you play like that all the time?" Both...

Olympic rivalries were better defined during the Cold War. The Games basically came down to the United States vs. the Soviet Union and its satellites, most notably East Germany. We...

The Olympic motto beseeches athletes to be "stronger, higher, faster." For the throwing events of track and field, that motto would mean "farther." That did not happen Friday night in...

At 297 pounds, Cheryl Haworth is perhaps the biggest U.S. woman ever to step into the Olympic spotlight. And at 17, Haworth is one of the three strongest women in...

Hawaiian Brian Viloria ran into a frenetic Frenchman who matched him blow for blow and then some Friday, eliminating the U.S. gold-medal boxing favorite before the medal rounds begin. Brahim...

The man most responsible for Olympic trampolining had an apology to make. It seems he can do a back flip on the apparatus as well as walk on his hands...

After the game, Tommy Lasorda grabbed Italy's manager, Silvano Ambrosioni. Speaking with his best Italian accent, Lasorda said, "Hey Paesano, why don't you play like that all the time?" Both...

In the end, it was the closest game a U.S. basketball team has played since NBA players joined the Olympics eight years ago. Playing as if they all had their...