Tribune Olympic Bureau

As swimming winds down and track and field begins in earnest, the two glamor events of the Olympic Games make for a study in contrasts. Swimmers keep going faster and...

Gymnastics has borrowed a page from the figure skating textbook, drumming up its own judging scandal that threatens to cast a shadow on American Paul Hamm's all-around gold medal. As...

Their names are forever linked now, part of the lore of the Olympics. First there was Michael Phelps, indomitable, defeating Ian Crocker in Friday's 100-meter butterfly to win the gold...

The streak is over, but Lauryn Williams already is planning to get a new one started. U.S. women had won five straight Olympic gold medals in the 100 meters before...

He took a quick dribble to his left, but Lamar Odom was there, hawking him. Sarunas Jasikevicius hesitated, convinced Odom to make contact and launched a three-point shot as he...

A week into the 2004 Olympics, with swimming winding down and track and field gearing up, American athletes lead the overall count and still have a reasonable chance to win...

In a game of many missed chances Saturday night, Mohammed Emad and Sepp Blatter didn't miss theirs. Emad flipped himself into the air and, with an overhead bicycle kick, knocked...

Gail Devers, the elder stateswoman of U.S. Olympic track, said Saturday that the coaches and Marion Jones share responsibility for any risk involved in putting Jones on the 2004 Olympic...

The gold medalist was telling stories, cracking jokes, selling swimming when a nervous publicity person suddenly appeared above his shoulder. Could he please leave the room? The dais belonged to...

Two months ago, Carly Patterson reluctantly admitted she wanted fame. "I'm hoping to be the next big gymnastics star," she said at the U.S. championships, then blushed. "I'm not sure...