Olympics

It is unfortunate that the Olympic Games is so marred by politics. For some of the Iraqi athletes, permission to participate was granted just on the last day of July:
“BEIJING — It ought to be welcome news that the International Olympic Committee has revoked a ban on Iraq’s participation in the 2008 Summer Games [...]

There are clichés about how adversity can be opportunities. For the U.S. Women’s soccer team, adversity is their reality. They have had a major setback with the loss of Abby Wambach. Along with injuries to experienced team members like Leslie Osborne and Cat Whitehill, the broken leg suffered by Abby Wambach means [...]

If there is one gold medal expectation at the Beijing Olympics, it rests with the men’s basketball team. All members of that team are professional basketball stars. The head coach, Mike Krzyzewski, has a stellar, legendary college record. However, the days of American dominance in basketball are gone, as foreign players have [...]

In a tuneup match against Brazil, veteran U.S. National Team member Abby Wambach sustained a broken leg. She has had surgery which her doctor described as having “no complication“. The rehabilitation for Ms Wambach has been estimated to be a year to return to her level of play.
Meanwhile, the National Team has the [...]

Abby Wambach was injured in an exhibition match against Brazil on Wednesday evening. It is a broken leg which will require surgery. It means that Abby Wambach will miss the Beijing Olympics.
The U.S. Women’s National Team will have to defend their 2004 gold medal without one of their most experienced scorers. The [...]

Ten kilometers is six and a quarter miles. It is the distance that Chloe Sutton swims. It is a swimming marathon and Chloe Sutton will have a chance to compete against the best open water swimmers in the world. She is going to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Chloe Sutton is sixteen [...]

At forty one years of age, Dara Torres has qualified for her fifth Olympic team. She will be a member of the U.S. national team that goes to Beijing.
Not only is earning a spot on the team a remarkable feat, Dara Torres did it in spectacular fashion:

she won the 100-meter freestyle
she took 0.02 off [...]

It may be misplaced optimism but I want to believe. It is 2008 and Dara Torres is forty one years old. She is swimming and trying to qualify for a spot on the U.S. national Olympic swim team that goes to Beijing.
Yes, I remember how Marion Jones swore that she never used drugs [...]

If you wander over to the ESPN site and look for a story about Natalie Coughlin on the front page, you won’t find one there. You won’t find a Natalie Coughlin story on the front page of Sports Illustrated either. However, you will find a Natalie Coughlin article here, on the front page [...]

The U.S. Women’s Soccer team that will go to the Olympics in Beijing will be missing some familiar names. The new head coach, Pia Sundhage, has made some personnel decisions. Some choices were forced by injury and circumstance.
Kristine Lilly will be missing from the team going to Beijing. She is taking some [...]