Tribune Olympic Bureau

They sat on their bikes, separated by 250 meters of a banked track, waiting for the start of a race that would divide them even more, leaving one with a...

What can be said about the U.S. women's softball team that hasn't been said before? They're giants on the global softball field , beating teams such as Australia, China and...

Jimmy Pedro came to the Summer Olympics with the highest possible expectations, as the 161-pound favorite seeking to make history by winning the first U.S. gold medal in judo. It...

John Roethlisberger felt the need to apologize to Americans on Monday night. Then he felt the need to lecture them. The U.S. men's gymnastics team, which finished fifth in the...

The disaster that was expected for the United States men in Olympic tennis began a bit ahead of schedule Tuesday when Vince Spadea and Todd Martin lost first-round matches. Spadea's...

Bill Gates visited the locker room of the U.S. men's basketball team following Tuesday night's 93-61 pasting of Italy. Perhaps the billionaire computer icon gave the talent-rich American team advice...

The squawking about Australian pitching ace Tanya Harding isn't even a whisper at these Olympic Games. It was a different story in Atlanta, and not because she shares the same...

The pitcher who may be the best prospect in the White Sox organization threw Monday against South Africa, not Detroit. Jon Rauch, who at 6 feet 11 inches looks down...

For U.S. weightlifter Tara Nott, the difference between an Olympic silver medal and a bronze is exactly 1.1 pounds. But the 28-year-old former college soccer player, competing in the inaugural...

Bela Karolyi won't be hugging anyone in Sydney. For decades, the Romanian-born gymnastics pedagogue has been tutoring, cajoling and willing young female gymnasts to their peak performances in the biggest...