Tribune Olympic Bureau

MEN'S BASKETBALL This time, Greece has no shot vs. U.S. Greece will always have one night it can treasure forever after stunning the U.S. in the 2006 world championships, but...

There is something retro -- marvelously retro -- about a great American heavyweight. The country that gave the world Muhammad Ali hasn't earned a heavyweight gold medal since Ronald Reagan...

In lieu of, you know, actual competition, the U.S. women's Olympic basketball team's dominance is creating math assignments. Over three straight victories in preliminary play, including Wednesday night's 97-41 blowout...

Beach volleyball brings to mind a life of fun and sun, of leisure and lounging. So what's up with all these 9 a.m. local starts for gold-medal favorites Kerri Walsh...

He had a gold signet ring on his right pinky, a silver ring on the middle finger of his left hand and a gold watch that looked formed from a...

She says he's a calming presence. He says she instills confidence in him. His work ethic takes her game to the next level. Her sisterly advice guides him. Born in...

The Spanish men's and women's basketball teams posed for pre-Olympics photos in which their members are pulling back the skin of their eyelids in a racially offensive manner, causing controversy...

Maybe all this simply was too much for 19-year-old Katie Hoff, even if she won't admit it. Talk of gold medals and a sack full of medals. Five individual events...

Maybe all this simply was too much for Katie Hoff. Talk of gold medals and a sack full of medals. Five individual events -- none shorter than 200 meters --...

Matt Grevers got exactly what he hoped for Tuesday. A silver medal behind the man he called the greatest backstroker of all time, hands down: U.S. teammate Aaron Peirsol. "And...