Tribune Olympic Bureau

It's all about the jumps. You saw that Thursday night. First you need speed and the perfect body pitch to set up a flawless takeoff. Then the jump. Graceful and...

Officially, it was set up to be Hedrick-Davis IV. But, unlike Sly Stallone, Shani Davis had the good sense to get out while the gettin' was good. You know those...

If NBC couldn't beat 'em, it might have joined 'em. The network's Winter Olympics coverage--badly battered in the ratings by, among other options, reality TV--channeled its competitors to debut the...

This one is easy: What do Sasha Cohen, Kristina Koznick, Chris Witty and the U.S. men's curling and hockey teams have in common with Elvis? On Wednesday, they all left...

John Nicks doesn't remember exactly how old Sasha Cohen was when he first saw her skate. She may have been 6, maybe 7 or 8. What he can't forget is...

Bode Miller, who has failed to win a medal in four Olympic races, tweaked his left ankle playing pickup basketball Tuesday but is expected to compete in Saturday's slalom. "I've...

American Apolo Anton Ohno cruised through his heat and into the quarterfinals of the 500-meter sprint, then sounded melancholy Wednesday night about the impending end of the Winter Games--and perhaps...

A viewer's guide to the women's figure skating final. Q. How long is the long program? A. For women, it's between 3 minutes 50 seconds and 4 minutes 10 seconds....

Maybe the only thing smaller than Sasha Cohen's frame is her lead over Russia's Irina Slutskaya after the short program: 3/100ths of a point. And a mere 71/100ths is all...

Kristina Koznick's medal hopes were high--until she wrecked her knee in training just before the Olympics began. Skiing in Wednesday's slalom with partly torn knee ligaments, the American gutted out...