Tribune Olympic Bureau

Let's look at the weekend. And by weekend, we mean Shani-day. Excuse us, Saturday. Chicago's finest should be in the headlines (initial public offering: Smiles Davis) when he and fellow...

It was Bill Shoemaker standing in the saddle in the Kentucky Derby, Leon Lett being chased down from behind in the Super Bowl, the Stanford band marching onto the field...

He was a world-class inline skater, but the first time Anthony Lobello put on a pair of ice skates, he looked like just another guy at the park leaning on...

In a practice with top-secret overtones, Sasha Cohen worked out behind locked doors Thursday, then slipped out a side door without talking. Kimmie Meissner followed with a loose and open...

Six years ago, when the test came back positive for diabetes and the doctor said his days as a cross-country skier were over, Kris Freeman refused to listen. "I wasn't...

International spying in the Olympics? Sort of. Bobsled and luge sliders are trying to pick up secrets of technology by furtively examining their rivals' fastest sleds, looking for those little...

Carried along on a wave of cheers from the home crowd, the Italian men sailed to victory in the team pursuit, a victory both unexpected and unexpectedly easy. Led by...

It's time the world finally knows something it long has wondered about Johnny Weir: He does not like it when the bus isn't on time. "I was late getting here...

In a tournament shaping up as Canada against all comers, the U.S. men's hockey team took a modest step toward medal contention Thursday. In a respectable but not overwhelming 4-1...

The bus from the Olympic Village to the Palavela arena was late, and Johnny Weir started to get agitated. Weir swore and yelled in English, which he soon realized was...