Melissa Isaacson

Paul Hamm's 14th-place finish in the men's individual all-around gymnastics finals Wednesday night might have paled in comparison with the artistry of Alexei Nemov's gold medal. But at 17 (he...

Asked why he skipped the U.S. team's news conference after Monday night's team finals, in which the Americans finished fifth, Wilson said: "I didn't want to have to explain why...

Former Olympic gold medalist Nadia Comaneci was coached by Bela Karolyi when the two were in Romania in 1976. But Comaneci recalled that because of international rules at the time...

Two U.S. men's gymnasts advanced to individual apparatus finals--Blaine Wilson on vault and Morgan Hamm on floor exercise. Wilson, Paul Hamm and Stephen McCain advanced to the individual all-around finals.

You forget that this is her first Olympics, that she still thinks it is cool to shake hands with Alonzo Mourning and chat with Venus and Serena Williams, and that...

He was virtually swallowed up by a U.S. contingent that nearly lapped itself around Sydney's massive Olympic Stadium on Friday night, still tenuous enough in his steps that he struggled...

Most Olympic athletes have groups of friends and family rooting them on from home, but the U.S. men's and women's gymnastics teams have generated a different kind of support. Tasha...

Cheryl Haworth, the 320-pound, 17-year-old weightlifter from Savannah, Ga., said she doesn't mind all the attention she has received over the last few months, including guest appearances with Jay Leno...

In Chicago anyway, the 2000 Games--you know, the Olympics--have been anticipated with all the enthusiasm of the Diana Ross reunion tour. That is to say, not much. And why should...

The truest measure of the Bobby Knight era is the putrid odor emanating from the bonfires still smoldering in Bloomington. Those upon whom the deposed coach had the strongest influence...