SYDNEY, Australia -- The Olympics end today. The final medals will be decided. But I'm ready to name my own winners and losers of the past few weeks.By the way, I am a purist.Only gold ...and tin.Olympic Comeback* Gold: To out-of-retirement swimmers Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres. They came. They saw. They delivered.* Tin: To French track diva Marie-Jose Perec. She came. She saw. She ran away.New Olympic Event* Gold: Triathlon. Every time you watch it, you think "grueling."
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.
Mitch Albom writes about running an orphanage in impoverished Port-au-Prince, Haiti, his kids, their hardships, laughs and challenges, and the life lessons he’s learned there every day.
