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Sports Illustrated
May 5, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Olympic burnout factor Q&A on the Olympics: increasing surge of interest rising in the 2000 Games in the U.S. public and media?... How does the United States' shot put, discus and hammer throwers look this year?... Has the IOC ever considered offering "at large" berths to athletes... etc.   |
Sports Illustrated
April 5, 2000 |
What's in and what's out Q&A on the Olympics: Anything like Triplecast in the future?... Handball... Surfing... Mary Slaney and Amy Van Dyken... Why no golf?... Michael Bennett... Will Bahamas team win the 4x100-meter relay?... |
Sports Illustrated
July 21, 2000
Tim Layden |
Trials are a true test The issue lies dormant and then arises once every four years. Clearly, the U.S. Olympic track and field trials are -- by far -- the best track meet held on American soil. Athletes are physically peaked and emotionally prepared for a moment that is absolutely a cliche: a once-in-four-years shot at going to the Games.... |
Sports Illustrated
June 27, 2000
Tim Layden |
Inside Olympic Sports A sparkling women's metric mile highlighted the Prefontaine Classic |
Sports Illustrated
March 3, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Defining the Olympic Spirit Welcome to the first Sydney 2000 Mailbag, where we'll discuss anything and everything relating to the Summer Games.... |
Sports Illustrated
August 16, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Swim trials top 10 (er, 12) Following the tremendous response to our 10 (well, OK, 12) top highlights, lowlights and sidelights of the U.S. track and field trials last month, we present, with two races still to be swum on Wednesday, our top 10 (well, OK, 12) list from the Olympic swimming trials |
Sports Illustrated
July 23, 2000
Tim Layden |
Johnson can't sit out 200 Not competing would further damage his sport |
Sports Illustrated
August 8, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Inside Olympics Competition will be fierce when America's best dive into the Olympic trials |
Sports Illustrated
July 24, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Tops of the trials Despite the shocking disappointment of the Maurice Greene-Michael Johnson showdown in the men's 200 meters, there were several high points on and off the track during this week's U.S. Olympic trials. Here, in no particular order, is a very unofficial list of highlights... |
Sports Illustrated
June 8, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Tumbling around Gymnastics letters |
Sports Illustrated
August 11, 2000
Tim Layden |
Track & Field snapshot six weeks from Sydney Such a varied roster of elite performers has emerged in the past 30 years that it's common in certain events to have all six continents represented in a single race. Yet it is also a tiny world. |
Sports Illustrated
July 13, 2000
Tim Layden |
Track trials top 10 Ten reasons why the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, which open Friday in Sacramento and run for 10 days, are among the best sporting events on American soi |
Sports Illustrated
March 7, 2000
Tim Layden |
Inside Olympic Sports At 39, half-miler Johnny Gray is charging toward his fifth Olympic team... 200-meter Showdown?... Drummond Gets Serious... |
Sports Illustrated
May 30, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Inside Olympic Sports Triathlete Hunter Kemper... Cyclist Nicole Freedman... Juan Antonio Samaranch, etc. |
Sports Illustrated
October 2, 2000 |
Top moments 'Best ever' Games churned out memorable moments... |
Sports Illustrated
March 16, 2001
Tim Layden |
Splendid sprinter Johnson belongs on short list of track's all-time greats |
Sports Central
August 25, 2008
Brian Cox |
Running With Heavy Burdens in Dark Shadows For the USA track and field athletes, these Olympics have been about missed opportunities and devastating losses. |
Sports Illustrated
August 14, 2001
Tim Layden |
Help Wanted Hurdler Anjanette Kirkland was the aging U.S. team's only first-time world champion... |
Sports Illustrated
August 15, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Veterans Day Beard, Van Dyken highlight '96 returnees |
Sports Illustrated
July 11, 2000
Tim Layden |
Inside Olympic Sports Here's what to expect from the crucible of track and field's U.S. trials... Plus, more Olympic briefs |
Sports Illustrated
August 15, 2000
Tim Layden |
Inside Olympic Sports Low-profile champs Allen Johnson and Charles Austin keep winning |
Salon.com
September 28, 2000
Kerry Lauerman |
The Olympics: Thursday Marion Jones wins gold No. 2 as the Williams sisters, an unknown Greek and Norwegian soccer players clean up. NBC, however, sinks to new lows. |
Sports Illustrated
September 27, 2000
Jack McCallum |
The giant falls Unheralded American slays Russian wrestling legend |
Sports Illustrated
April 28, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Cuban diver sees stars and stripes Will Ramirez make it to the Olympics?... Some thoughts about the difficulties Athens is having as it prepares for the 2004 Olympics... The Sydney organizers are planning to send an Olympic torch into orbit on the shuttle Atlantis... |
Sports Illustrated
September 9, 2002
Alexander Wolff |
The decline of U.S. dominance As Ernest Hemingway once said of going broke, it happens gradually, and then suddenly. The same could be said for the erosion of America's global basketball supremacy, the lasting news from the world championships just concluded. |
Sports Illustrated
October 2, 2000 |
Thanks for the memories SI writers weigh in with their favorite Sydney moments... |
Sports Illustrated
August 22, 2000
E.M. Swift |
Inside Olympics Blaine Wilson lifted himself to new peaks at the U.S. gymnastics trials... U.S. swimmer Dara Torres has been a fashion model, TV color commentator and infomercial spokeswoman. Now, at 33, she is foremost a history maker. |
Sports Illustrated
September 29, 2000
Tim Layden |
Great expectations No shame in defeat for Jones, El Guerrouj... |
Sports Illustrated
April 6, 2000 |
Track is still big-time to some of us |
AskMen.com
Will Brody |
Top 10: Former Olympic Sports There have been many sports that have been dropped over the years. Let's take a look at some of the Olympic sports of yesteryear. |
AskMen.com
May 13, 2013
James Fell |
Jordan Burroughs Interview Wrestling is as much a part of Olympic history as foot racing, jumping and throwing. How the IOC can cast it aside as a core sport for 2020 boggles the mind. |
Sports Illustrated
February 1, 2002
Tim Layden |
Good news, bad news U.S. Olympians will get intense scrutiny, support... |
Sports Illustrated
May 1, 2000
Tim Layden |
Track's three M's look sharp In honor of the Penn Relays -- the only track meet in the United States where you can find ticket scalpers on the street -- four legs of track-and-field dish after the first frantic weekend of the Olympic year... |
Sports Illustrated
September 19, 2000
Tim Layden |
Injury forces Miller out of 100 Decision to withdraw paves way for Jones |
Sports Illustrated
May 17, 2000
Tim Layden |
Perec goes, Freeman arrives Marie-Jose Perec of France left Smith to train in Germany... Smith and Co. snared Cathy Freeman... Larry Wade, the No. 3-ranked 110-meter hurdler in the world last year, is recovering from major surgery... Women's 100 showdown... A hurdle for Jones... |
CIO
January 15, 2002
Lafe Low |
No False Starts Allowed The Olympic IT team has deployed the largest network in Utah. The 17-day-long Games begin on Feb. 8, and the systems for running the event have to be fully operational from day one... |
Sports Illustrated
September 25, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Out of the shadows Despite controversy, track athletes excel |
Outside
August 2008 |
The Guide: Beijing Olympics 2008 The 15 things you must know about this year's Olympics in Beijing. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10 Olympic Athletes To Look For In Torino These skiers, skaters and sledders have an excellent chance of making their home countries proud by writing a page in the history books at the Winter Olympics February 2006. |
Salon.com
September 30, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
Enter Marion, exit Michael The final night of track and field saw the coronation of the greatest female athlete in the world -- and the golden departure of history's greatest 400-meter runner... |
Sports Central
September 10, 2010
Jonathan Lowe |
Once More ... With Purpose I've got to be honest. Basketball is not at the forefront of most people's minds right now. |
Sports Illustrated
September 25, 2000
John Walters |
All about Bob Fun and Games for Costas as Olympics enters Week 2... |
Sports Illustrated
September 12, 2000
Jack McCallum |
Scorecard What's worse -- suing to go to the Games, or just not caring? |
Sports Illustrated
September 11, 2000 |
A new sport: Olympic Web surfing Greetings from the Surf Shack at the athletes' village here in Sydney. The Shack is the computer haven athletes drop by to build their own Web pages and design personalized T-shirts. For the next two days, we'll be sampling some of the highlights from Web pages created at the Shack... |
Sports Illustrated
July 19, 2000
Tim Layden |
Behind the Greene-Johnson feud Michael Johnson is an organized man who appreciates linear simplicity. He works best filtering situations to their essence. So it should come as no surprise that MJ the other day scraped all the b.s. off Sunday's 200-meter race involving him and Maurice Greene... |
Salon.com
September 21, 2000
Alicia Montgomery |
The Olympics: Thursday French track star sprints for the exit in Sydney... Alexei Nemov finally got the gold... All Romania, all the time... Possible sweep turns to dust... Dream Team gets victory and boos... |
Sports Illustrated
May 9, 2000
Tim Layden |
Inside Olympic Sports In a steamy trials marathon, Rod DeHaven grabbed the only U.S. ticket to Sydney... Marion's Off to a Flying Start... |
Sports Illustrated
March 13, 2001
Tim Layden |
Back on Track Four U.S. sprinters are running to atone for their victory antics in Sydney... |
Outside
December 2008
W. Hodding Carter |
Memo to Michael Phelps Nice job in China, guy. Now could you turn your attention to saving swimming? |
Sports Illustrated
April 15, 2003
Layden & Yaeger |
Playing Favorites? An ex-USOC official says some athletes were allowed to bend the drug rules. |
