Tribune Olympic Bureau

Ibrahim Githaiga still had about 100 meters to go when the crowd began to roar. Against the backdrop of rolling hills in Schinias National Park, the Kenyan rower was the...

The U.S. women's basketball team probably is as much of a lock for a gold medal as any team in the Olympics. The Americans showed that Saturday, destroying New Zealand...

They were in it together. Two pioneers trying to grasp every detail of a sport foreign to their country. Kenyan rower Ibrahim Githaiga and his coach, Kenyan Navy Sr. Sgt....

Michael Phelps' victory in the 400-meter individual medley was the highlight of swimming's first day, which inevitably was filled with cheers and tears. American Katie Hoff, 15, bombed in her...

The drumbeat came first from ancient Olympia, its drummer appearing on the video screens at each end of the breathtakingly beautiful 2004 Olympic Stadium. The drum's rhythm pulsated like the...

As athletes marched down the Olympic Stadium track Friday in what should have been a moment of pure joy for Greeks, their biggest hopeful to win a gold medal on...

It recalls the halcyon days of the Bulls, the seasons when they were billed as "Michael Jordan and the Jordanaires." With competition set to begin on Saturday, Michael Phelps is...

Even Dwyane Wade acknowledges that this is no Dream Team representing the United States in the Athens Olympics. That was the title given the first group of NBA players to...

The Olympics are being contested in baking Mediterranean sunlight, but don't call these the dog days of the Greek summer. Fearful that packs of stray mutts would tarnish the country's...

Drama, intensity and success have characterized the U.S. women's gymnastics program in the last two decades, but only when the gymnasts feel at home. Last year in Anaheim the team...