Michael Phelps was a wealthy man before the Beijing Olympics. He turned pro at age 15. And four years ago in Greece had what for many Olympians would be more than career success.
Winning American 4×10…
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Phelps’ Worth After Eight Gold Medals? Try $100 Million
Commentary: Baseball & Softball: Farewell As Olympic Sports?
Japan’s 3-1 victory over the United States in the gold medal women’s softball game ended the Americans’ Olympic dominance. But it may have also signified the end to a larger strea…
READ MOREUSOC’s Cycling Apology Masked In Politics Of Sport
The United States Olympic Committee should be ashamed of itself.
Let’s see. The Olympic have been over since Aug. 24. And now the USOC has decided to apologize to the four track cyclists it sco…
Kobe Bryant to Yao Ming: Are NBA Stars Right For the Olympics?
The final week of the Beijing Olympics will include the basketball gold medal game. Barring the extraordinary, it should feature the United States and its squad of NBA stars.
Professional athletes com…
Bolt Blazes Again In Season-Ending 100 Meters In Belgium
Unless you’ll soon be in Jamaica, Usain Bolt will be out of the sporting spotlight until next season following his blazing, season-ending race Friday night in Brussels, Belgium.
Usain Bolt/Cour…
All Hail Haile: Gebrselassie Sets Marathon World Record
Haile Gebrselassie’s disappointing performance and non-performance at the recent Beijing Olympics is now ancient history. Ethiopia’s most celebrated endurance runner broke his own world …
READ MORETrack Cycling In Beijing: High Speeds, Crashes & Really Cool
Road race cycling at the Beijing Olympics ended on Wednesday and now it’s time for one of the coolest and most unheralded cycling disciplines — track cycling.
The Laoshan Velodrome at th…
Top-10 Best Things About The Beijing Olympics
Three-time gold medalist Usain Bolt
8. Ato Bolton, track and field commentator. Who better to analyze Usain Bolt’s history making than a guy who’s been there? Bolton had superior insight…
Bravo To Natalie du Toit, Summer Olympics’ First Amputee
It was broadcast late Wednesday night, tastefully handled by NBC in a short piece that could have been easily replete with easy, syrup-rich pitfalls.
Amputee swimmer Natalie duToit
It was perhaps …
Missing Jim McKay On The Eve Of A Wary Beijing Olympics
I can still remember the calm of Jim McKay’s voice. He recently passed away, but he was a broadcaster during 12 Olympics. He had a keen knack for wonderfully accentuating surprising victories a…
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