Coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics

'Truly exceptional Games'
From the start, these Olympics were different. They opened in spectacular fashion and never slowed down. From the Water Cube to the Bird's Nest, these Games made history, Alan Abrahamson writes.

IOC says security for 2014 Games is up to Russia
ATHENS, Greece -- Ensuring security at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi is up to Russian organizers, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday amid concerns from...

Good fight, tough times
Your weekly random thoughts … The free-falling economy has already had a terrible impact on boxing, and it's not over yet. There was the recent ...

A Dutch treat: 2010 Tour will begin in Rotterdam
ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France -- Race organizers say the 2010 Tour de France will start in the Netherlands. The 97th edition of the showcase race will ...

Georgia wants '14 Olympics moved from Sochi
LAUSANNE, Switzerland -- Georgia has asked the International Olympic Committee to move the 2014 Winter Olympics from Sochi, Russia, citing security reasons. IOC spokeswoman Emmanuelle Moreau...

IOC: Low participation doomed women's ski jump
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Women's ski jumping is being left out of the 2010 Winter Olympics because there are not enough athletes to merit the sport's inclusion, not because of gender discrimination...

USOC reorganizes staff with TV network in mind
DENVER -- The U.S. Olympic Committee reorganized part of its management team, a move that will allow chief operating officer Norm Bellingham...

Wife of alleged doping doctor threatening to talk
...use among athletes. Cristina Perez ran on Spain's 1,600-meter relay team at the 1992 Olympics. She alluded to problems at the Barcelona Games but did not elaborate. "I know what happened at...

Reigning Tour champ Sastre ready to face Lance
STRASBOURG, France -- Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre will be going head-to-head with Lance Armstrong at the Giro d'Italia next year. With Arms...

Will a downturn in attendance create free agent teams?
...t mean you can't host a World Cup event! Hello mobile sponsorship! The Chinese watched the Olympics on their cell phones at a 58% clip. Baseball cards are always better if you get a...

The Sports Guy: My Favorite YouTube Clip
...relay. This is personal for Telly. As he explains to Cosell, his people, the Greeks, started the Olympics, so he feels obligated to stand up for what's right. Wait, did the original Olympians smoke...

Sheryl Swoopes explains her decision to come out
...basketball, from the time I was 7 on through high school, the championship at Texas Tech, the Olympics, the WNBA championships with the Comets. He was always there. Five years ago, when I told him...

MLB sets Dec. 1 deadline for bids to buy Cubs
NEW YORK -- Bidders for the Chicago Cubs have until Dec. 1 to submit offers, Major League Baseball said Wednesday after a meeting of its ownership com...

Bucher: Newell checks out a giant among his big men
...he'd find a way to be there. West not only played for Newell on the 1960 Olympic team that won gold and retired from the Lakers with Newell as GM, but the inspiration for...

Ubha: Argentina hoping for a euphoric Davis Cup ending
...third title. If you're into omens, note that both of its previous two successes came in Olympic years, 2000 and 2004. Those finals, mind you, were in Spain, on clay, and against the dirt...

...at age 93. The Hall of Fame coach won...
...at age 93. The Hall of Fame coach won an NCAA championship at California in 1959 and Olympic gold in 1960, then became a tutor to some of the game's best big men. (AP...

A Dutch treat: 2010 Tour will begin in Rotterdam
Race organizers say the 2010 Tour de France will start in the Netherlands.

IOC says security for 2014 Games is up to Russia
Ensuring security at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi is up to Russian organizers, the International Olympic Committee said on Thursday amid concerns from neighboring Georgia.

USOC reorganizes staff with TV network in mind
The U.S. Olympic Committee reorganized part of its management team, a move that will allow chief operating officer Norm Bellingham more time to focus on starting an Olympic television network sometime in the next few months.

World Cup champion skier Vonn hurt knee in fall
World Cup overall and downhill champion Lindsey Vonn bruised her knee when she fell during a routine training session for a super G on Wednesday at Copper Mountain in Colorado

IOC: Low participation doomed women's ski jump
Women's ski jumping is being left out of the 2010 Winter Olympics because there are not enough athletes to merit the sport's inclusion, not because of gender discrimination, an International Olympic Committee spokeswoman said.

Reigning Tour champ Sastre ready to face Lance
Tour de France champion Carlos Sastre will be going head-to-head with Lance Armstrong at the Giro d'Italia next year.

Wife of alleged doping doctor threatening to talk
The wife of the doctor at the center of Spain's biggest doping investigation says Spanish sports would be ruined if she revealed what she knows about drug use among athletes.

Astana cycling team to move training to California
The Astana professional cycling team, which now includes Lance Armstrong, will stage its United States training camp in California after spending last year in New Mexico.

Castile's heel forces U.S. pairs from Cup of Russia
Former U.S. pairs champions Brooke Castile and Ben Okolski withdrew from the Cup of Russia on Tuesday, the second Grand Prix event they've missed because of her heel injury.

USA Basketball finds new home base in Arizona
USA Basketball is moving its headquarters from Colorado Springs, Colo. to the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, adding to the city's growing roster of sports facilities.

Japanese figure skater Takahashi to have surgery
Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi will have season-ending knee surgery, potentially ruling out the 2007 world championships silver medalist from the worlds next March.

CAS to hear German equestrian appeal for ban
The Court of Arbitration for Sport will hear an appeal by the German equestrian federation, which is seeking a longer ban against rider Christian Ahlmann.

Armstrong fears for his 'personal safety' at Tour
Lance Armstrong fears he could be attacked by spectators if he returns to the Tour de France next year.

IOC still hopeful for $1 billion in Olympic sponsors
Despite the loss of another global sponsor, the International Olympic Committee remains hopeful of surpassing the $1 billion mark in sponsorship revenues for the next four-year cycle.

Tornado class voted out of 2012 Olympic sailing
International sailing's governing body re-elected its president, cut one event from its program for the next Olympics and changed boat types for one women's class at its annual general assembly.

Grange beats aggressive Miller in opening slalom
France's Jean-Baptiste Grange won the first men's World Cup Alpine skiing slalom of the season on Sunday after fending off the challenge of American Bode Miller.

Vonn stays the course, wins season's first slalom
American Lindsey Vonn overcame a big mistake late in the second run and won the World Cup slalom opener on Saturday.