Detroit Free Press

SYDNEY, Australia -- Let's get something straight, right from the start. Either you believe Olympic athletes use drugs, or you live on Mars.And if you believe Olympic athletes use drugs but American athletes don't -- then you also live on Mars.And if you believe American athletes use drugs, but when they're caught, they'll immediately fess up to it, then you really live on . . .Well, you get the point.

SYDNEY, Australia -- One lap. One glorious lap. One run around the track when you are faster than them all, faster than anyone in the world. What does such a lap mean?For Michael Johnson, it was about a legacy: his own.For Cathy Freeman, it was about a legacy: her nation's.

SYDNEY, Australia -- One lap. One glorious lap. One run around the track when you are faster than them all, faster ...

SYDNEY, Australia -- To look at her, so small, only 5-feet-1, you wonder how she gets those short legs over those ...

SYDNEY, Australia -- I did not waltz with Matilda.I ate her.I admit it. I ate kangaroo. And I feel terrible. I ...

SYDNEY, Australia -- The moment Ato Boldon finished his quarterfinal run Friday night, Maurice Greene was waiting ...

SYDNEY, Australia -- There's gold, there's silver, there's bronze, and there's nuts. Based on her behavior this ...

SYDNEY, Australia -- This is the story of two men at opposite ends of the pool. One flies through the water, the ...