Detroit Free Press

Well, that was a nice, big, fat towel the Tigers just threw in.Cecil Fielder to the Yankees? There goes the last ...

ATLANTA -- He screamed as he crossed the finish line, a howl that seemed loud enough to bring down a wall. Which, ...

NEWS ITEM: For its Summer Games coverage, NBC has produced more than 140 "Olympic Profiles." Critics wonder if ...

ATLANTA -- The bright lights were waiting, a stadium full of flashbulbs, and Carl Lewis is not one to shy away from the heat. His routine

ATLANTA -- The barbell sat there like a mountain. "Go ahead," it seemed to say, "move me."Out came the last lifter. He already had won the gold medal; this was for history. The weight stood at 518 pounds. If he hoisted it to his shoulders, then pushed it over his head, he would better the world record by more than 16 pounds.In the audience, his fans waved the flag of Greece.In the hallway, the silver medalist, from Kazakhstan, watched with intense interest.In the waiting room, the bronze medalist, from Ukraine, bit his lip and stared at the TV screen.

ATLANTA -- Big men don't cry, but this big man did. He stepped onto the medal stand, and when the anthem played, he wept. These were not tears of joy, mind you. Not one of those Olympic moments where the hero breaks down in a flood of patriotism.No. The big man, a Greco-Roman wrestler, was on the podium for silver medalists, and it was a few inches too low to keep his heart from breaking."That was the saddest moment of my life," said Matt Ghaffari, "having to stand there and listen to the Russian anthem being played, watching the Russian flag being raised.

ATLANTA -- Every plane, every passenger, every suitcase, every seat . . .The silence was what you noticed first. ...

ATLANTA -- Carl Lewis was a pioneer in track and field. Unfortunately, he pioneered arrogance.He had an agent who ...