Once more, the gold medal was within Shawn Johnson's reach. Again, it was snatched away. ...more

August 18, 2008

As Rafael Nadal stood in front of the medal podium, his nation's flag draped across his back like a cape, he looked a little like a Spanish Superman. ...more

August 18, 2008

Once again, American shooter Matt Emmons chose to be philosophical. ...more

August 18, 2008

When it comes to Olympic sprints, nobody does it better than the Jamaicans. ...more

August 18, 2008

Facing the strongest winds of the Olympic sailing competition, Clearwater's Zach Riley captured the silver medal in Finn class Sunday in Qingdao, China. ...more

August 17, 2008

Cheering from the pool deck, Michael Phelps won his record eighth gold medal of the Beijing Games today to become the grandest of Olympic champions. ...more

August 17, 2008

Romania's Constantina Tomescu-Dita soared into the Bird's Nest, turning the Olympic marathon into a one-woman race. ...more

August 17, 2008

Michael Phelps swam into history with a magnificent finish, tying Mark Spitz with his seventh gold medal by the narrowest of margins in the 100-meter butterfly. ...more

August 16, 2008

The United States and Cuba are political adversaries and fierce baseball rivals, so the preliminary-round game Friday between the teams had the feel of a gold-medal showdown. Cuba needed nearly four hours, 11 innings and a new tiebreaker rule to beat the U.S., 5-4. ...more

August 16, 2008

If they gave medals for anthem singing, U.S. athletes wouldn't get any. The Chinese would dominate because they all seem to know their national song cold. They sing the words with full-throated abandon, like so many robots with fresh batteries. ...more

August 16, 2008