Tribune Olympic Bureau

At 37 and after 12 years of trying, T.C. Dantzler is in his first Olympics as the second-oldest wrestler in U.S. history. Dantzler, a Harvey native who graduated from Thornwood...

Americans' text message language is built upon, obviously, the English language. But because many mobile phones here in China are based on Latin alphabets, the Chinese have developed their own...

With the crowd screaming and their emotions swirling, members of the U.S. men's volleyball team formed a circle on the Capital Gymnasium floor and did something unprecedented. They didn't speak....

With the crowd screaming and their emotions swirling, members of the U.S. men's volleyball team formed a circle on the Capital Gymnasium floor and did something unprecedented. They didn't speak....

It is one thing for Tyson Gay to hope to outrun the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt of Jamaica, in the Olympic 100 meters. Outrunning a lightning bolt is another...

It is one thing for Tyson Gay to hope to outrun the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt of Jamaica, in the Olympic 100 meters. Outrunning a lightning bolt is another...

As she dropped her mask with a flourish and raised both arms in victory, fencer Mariel Zagunis relished the first gold medal for the United States at the 2008 Olympic...

The air was murky, as usual. The temperature climbed to 88 degrees. The humidity hovered at a steamy 75 percent. Not the best conditions for a six-hour bicycle race? No...

The U.S. beach volleyball contingent promised to help bring some West Coast-style, beach-party fun to the Far East with the sport they invented and popularized. But playing in a steady...

The rumble began slowly, softly, as the 2,008 drummers in silvery robes worked their hands on the bronze surface of a Fou, the oldest Chinese percussion instrument. And then the...