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Sports Illustrated
September 15, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Opening secrets Some of the highlights from the opening ceremonies in Sydney...   |
Salon.com
September 15, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
Already gold Sydney blasts off the first Olympics of the millennium with an opening ceremony to end all opening ceremonies. |
Sports Illustrated
October 2, 2000 |
Top moments 'Best ever' Games churned out memorable moments... |
Sports Illustrated
September 26, 2000 |
Sydney Pen Pals Thanks to the Sydney Olympics' internal computers, I can reach all the athletes via e-mail. So I e-mail 3,000 of them, 60 at a time, and ask them: What single thing has happened to you at these Olympics that you will never forget?... |
Salon.com
September 25, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
Night of the thoroughbreds On an evening of amazing feats, an Australian hero and an American legend shone the brightest. |
Salon.com
October 1, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
All of us Why the Olympics matter. |
Sports Illustrated
October 2, 2000 |
Thanks for the memories SI writers weigh in with their favorite Sydney moments... |
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
September 15, 2000
Leigh Montville |
Opening with a great surprise Cathy Freeman made history, and no one saw it coming... |
Sports Illustrated
September 28, 2000
Tim Layden |
Too good Jones cruises to pair of golds, but real test is forthcoming... |
Sports Illustrated
September 25, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Out of the shadows Despite controversy, track athletes excel |
Salon.com
September 27, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
Gold, silver and bronze What is it about Olympic medal ceremonies that is so moving? |
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?... |
AskMen.com
August 13, 2012
Simon Kuper |
London Olympics Post-Mortem The point of an Olympics isn't an economic legacy. It's to make people happy. Taken on that level, then for people around the world -- but above all for us Brits -- I think London worked. |
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 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.... |
AskMen.com
Jim Bauer |
5 Things You Didn't Know About The Torino Olympics Five of the more curious things you didn't know about the upcoming 2006 Winter Olympics. |
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. |
Salon.com
September 19, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
Night of the diva Russia's notorious Svetlana Khorkina eats the scenery at the women's team gymnastic finals. |
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 Central
August 13, 2012
Angus Saul |
What London 2012 Was Really About London 2012 was all about passing on the baton. We can only hope that the baton is passed with good grace, and that sport will benefit from such a marvelous event. |
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 13, 2000
Frank Deford |
A culture of 'sus' So overwhelming is the perception that drugs sustain most Olympic athletes, that it really doesn't matter how much the well is poisoned. Almost every record and every winner is sus. Sus, a shortened version of the word "suspicious," is, so far as I know, only used in Olympic circles. |
Salon.com
September 21, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
The morning after Australia comes to terms with the fact that reports of Ian Thorpe's divinity were slightly exaggerated. |
Sports Illustrated
September 3, 2000 |
A peek inside the Athletes Village Welcome to the Athletes Village, home to more than 15,000 athletes, coaches and team officials during the Sydney Games... |
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... |
AskMen.com
October 4, 2000
Mark Simmons |
Olympic Drug Scandals Ah, the beautiful Olympic games: great athleticism, camaraderie and professionalism. But come every four years, the not-so-glamorous drugs also make their unwanted appearance... |
Sports Illustrated
August 16, 2000
Frank Deford |
Sydney Olympics must overcome The Sydney Olympics are a month away, so let's look at the problems they face in attracting their usual high degree of interest in the United States. |
Sports Illustrated
February 14, 2002
Frank Deford |
Patriot Games Flag-waving and sports are becoming a tired mix... |
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
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... |
Sports Illustrated
April 27, 2001
Tim Layden |
The wrong example USOC won't forget actions of U.S. track team in Sydney... |
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
May 30, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Inside Olympic Sports Triathlete Hunter Kemper... Cyclist Nicole Freedman... Juan Antonio Samaranch, etc. |
AskMen.com
August 20, 2003
Mark Simmons |
The Olympic Games: Profit Or Curse? Long after the Olympic torch is extinguished and the medals sit in trophy cases, the success of the Olympic Games is measured not by attendance, participants or viewers, but rather, in terms of how positively the Games impacted the host city. |
Sports Illustrated
February 1, 2002
Tim Layden |
Good news, bad news U.S. Olympians will get intense scrutiny, support... |
Salon.com
February 11, 2002
Gary Kamiya |
Red, white and wrong NBC's jingoistic provincialism is missing what the Olympics are all about -- but the Games will prevail... |
Sports Illustrated
March 13, 2001
Tim Layden |
Back on Track Four U.S. sprinters are running to atone for their victory antics in Sydney... |
Sports Illustrated
September 23, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Poolside in Sydney Clear out the chlorine and dust off the history books. This was a terrific swim meet. World records fell in 13 races, many more than once... |
Sports Illustrated
April 11, 2000
Gary Smith |
Scorecard An Uproar Down Under--Five months before the start of the Summer Games, that uneasiness turned to pit-of-the-gut dread in Australia last week. |
Salon.com
September 25, 2000
Gary Kamiya |
Rescuing spear throwing from a Victor Mature flick Forgotten delights of the Games: Javelin throwing and deadeye stereo repairmen. |
Sports Illustrated
February 7, 2002
Frank Deford |
Your Olympic Quiz A not-so-conventional primer for the Games... |
Sports Illustrated
September 29, 2000
Tim Layden |
Great expectations No shame in defeat for Jones, El Guerrouj... |
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... |
Outside
August 2008 |
The Guide: Beijing Olympics 2008 The 15 things you must know about this year's Olympics in Beijing. |
Sports Illustrated
July 6, 2000
Tim Layden |
Runyan's focus is sharper than ever We journalists are cynical mercenaries whose emotions don't stray far beyond what makes a good story. However, the stereotype has flaws. (For one, we aren't supposed to use words like "assiduously," so there you go). Some athletes simply demand to be rooted for. |
Sports Illustrated
September 13, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Pinning away Welcome to the Olympic pin-trading center in Darling Harbour. They tell me it's practically pindemonium in this large tent, where the currency of the Games is traded, sold, bartered and evaluated with the most discerning eyes and wallets... |
Sports Illustrated
August 8, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Inside Olympics Competition will be fierce when America's best dive into the Olympic trials |
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. |
Salon.com
September 15, 2000
Steve Burgess |
Thank God the Yanks aren't hosting the Olympics Maybe this year we'll be spared the USA's boorish egoism. |
