Tribune Olympic Bureau

LONDON — He changed the training site from Colorado Springs, Colo., to Anaheim, Calif. He changed the culture from one of rigid structure to one of freedom yet accountability. Now...

LONDON — You rarely ever see it, but you did on Saturday, the first full day of competition at the Olympics. But there atop the swimming medal stand, was no...

LONDON — Shortly before 9:30 a.m., Barbara Mulroney settles into her seat at the ExCeL Centre and thumbs through her souvenir table tennis program. Inside the booklet, the native Londoner...

LONDON — The American women gymnasts giggle like the teenagers they all are as they show off their stash of Olympic pins. A "fave," says team captain Aly Raisman, is...

LONDON — So, we're all gonna die. This is of course a colossal overstatement that pole vaults right into hyperbole, except that when crossing the cockeyed streets of this fine...

LONDON — This is serious stuff, as per Kobe Bryant. "We probably won't be allowed back in the country if we don't win," he said Friday. He was smiling, but...

LONDON -- He has posed, shirtless, for the cover of Vogue. He has worn high-top shoes with wings, decorated in red, white and blue. He has sold lime green novelty...

LONDON — The U.S. rowing team marked a solid start to the Olympic Regatta Saturday with performances that kept three local rowers in medal contention going into Wednesday's finals. The...

LONDON — Hugh McCutcheon tried to remind anyone who would listen. With the U.S. women's volleyball team anointed as the dominant Olympic gold medal favorite, the no-nonsense coach kept talking...

LONDON — Over Londoner John Armah's shoulder, about a quarter-mile away, was Buckingham Palace. Just around the corner was the prime minister's residence. The stage was perfectly set for the...