Tribune Olympic Bureau

Shawn Crawford saw a Phantom of the Opera mask at a party and decided it would be a good idea to wear one like it while running the 200 meters...

The U.S. softball team actually allowed an opponent to play a full regulation game against it Friday, rather than having the game called after five innings because of a seven-run...

Michael Phelps won the 100-meter butterfly Friday night, cooled down for 10 minutes, attended the medals ceremony, then sat down to talk with his personal coach, Bob Bowman. The victory...

One ran in shorts and a singlet. Others chose long tights and T-shirts. Three were bareheaded. One had a stylish kerchief over her head. Another competed in full Islamic hejab,...

The U.S. swept into the semifinals of the women's soccer tournament Friday night with a 2-1 victory over Japan. The key was a legitimate but controversial winning goal by Abby...

Finally, Paul Hamm relaxed. He basked Thursday in the glory of the Olympic all-around championship he won late Wednesday, the first such victory by an American man. With the gold...

The matter had been settled for just over two hours, and still Aaron Peirsol was shaking his head. "This is turning into a hell of a drama thing," he said,...

In track and field, one would think the Olympic motto has been revised from "faster, higher, stronger" to "inhale, inject, swallow." Track athletes' consumption of performance-enhancing drugs has led the...

The Romanian expatriate stood up and shouted with his thick, heavy accent midway through Carly Patterson's show-stopping floor exercise routine. "Yes!" Bela Karolyi bellowed. "Pull hard! Come on!" Twenty years...

For 36 hours, this was the place to be. Tuesday night the streets were awash with people in town to see the Olympic shot put. The restaurants were packed. After...