HOCKEY: U.S. TO FACE CANADA, 3 P.M. SUNDAYCAPTAIN VS. AMERICAIT WASN’T 1980 AGAIN, BUT RUSSIA STILL LOSTFebruary 23, 2002 | Detroit Free PressWEST VALLEY CITY, Utah -- It was the Olympic hockey semifinals, and standing behind the U.S. bench, wearing a dark ...Read More
RUSSIANS COMPLAIN LIKE BAD OLD DAYSFebruary 22, 2002 | Detroit Free PressSALT LAKE CITY -- The pebble has become an avalanche.Now the Russians want to go home. They're threatening to ...Read More
FLOWERS’ AMAZING STORY: FROM TRACK COACH TO GOLDFebruary 21, 2002 | Detroit Free PressSALT LAKE CITY -- It is raining down in Birmingham, Ala., and the air is a balmy 69 degrees. Yolanda Cooper, a ...Read More
OH, YES!: OHNO FINALLY GETS HIS GOLD — ON A DISQUALIFICATIONFebruary 21, 2002 | Detroit Free PressSALT LAKE CITY -- Blame your parents. If they had named you Apolo when you popped from the womb, then you, too, ...Read More
WITHIN HER REACHINDEPENDENT KWAN KEEPS COOL AMID ALL THE ADULATION, ATTENTIONFebruary 20, 2002 | Detroit Free PressSALT LAKE CITY -- One more night like this, and skaters will be dumping their coaches left and right.Michelle ...Read More
CANADA’S SWEETHEARTS GET GOLDRUSSIANS KEEP THEIRS, BUT SCANDAL COVERS ALL THEIR MEDALS WITH MUDFebruary 16, 2002 | Detroit Free PressSALT LAKE CITY -- Get your scandal scorecard. Here we go.The silver medalists are now gold medalists. The gold ...Read More
WHIZ KID BECOMES KING OF THE HILLFebruary 14, 2002 | Detroit Free PressPARK CITY, Utah -- He couldn't stop giggling. It kept gushing from his mouth, this high pitched "huh-huh-huh." As ...Read More
NHL HAS TARNISHED OLYMPIC HOCKEYFebruary 14, 2002 | Detroit Free PressSALT LAKE CITY -- The big boys parachute in today, as stealthily as a special ops maneuver. They drop from Dallas, ...Read More