Detroit Free Press

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 ...

SYDNEY, Australia -- Women have always been smarter than men. I used to believe that. Now I'm not so sure.One thing that always made women smarter was their acceptance of things. Like weight. In prehistoric days, for example, a cavewoman would look at a rock and think, "Hmm, that rock looks heavy."Whereas a caveman would not only think the rock looked heavy, he would feel a compelling need to see HOW heavy, so he would grab the rock, raise it as far as his struggling muscles would allow, then drop it on his head.

SYDNEY, Australia -- I'm sorry, folks. The Human Thorpedo will not be coming out for his news conference.I will be ...

SYDNEY, Australia -- Eight years ago, when NBA players arrived at the Barcelona Olympics, it was Moses at the Red Sea. Everything stopped. Everyone stared. The first game of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson and the rest of the Dream Team was an E-ticket ride, dignitaries, high rollers, impossible to get a seat.

COOKISLANDS -- What if I were born here? Have you ever asked yourself that question?What if, through some quirk in ...

SYDNEY, Australia -- Once upon an Olympics, you came to the party broke and anonymous. You arrived as an amateur, without fanfare, a small suitcase in hand, a flag on your lapel.You gave the best performance your body could deliver, you burst across a tape, touched the wall in a swimming pool, netted a winning shot -- and suddenly, you were an Olympic champion. Your world was never the same.