Journeyman minor leaguer Mike Neill hit a 3-2 pitch in the bottom of the 13th inning for a two-run homer to end the longest game in Olympic baseball history, then apologized to the Japanese team players for standing and watching as the ball left the park.
Weightlifter Matinho de Araujo finished dead last, more than 100kg behind the winner, in the 56kg weightlifting competition, but didn't care. The 25-year-old from East Timor said, "Today, I lifted not only weights, but my country, as well."
The two Romanian weightlifters who failed drug testing and caused the rest of their country's team to be disqualified from competing in the Olympics.
The $85 microswitch that broke in the middle of the flame-lighting spectacular at the Opening Ceremonies, causing the cauldron to become stuck. The 10-meter, eight-ton cauldron was mechanically hoisted to its perch.
Tara Nott, 28, who finally found her sport -- and her Olympic medal. After training for the Games in soccer and gymnastics, she won a silver medal in the weightlifting competition that debuted this year.
Tennis player Mark Philippoussis, who practices on a different court from his Aussie teammates, is still sore about comments that Pat Rafter and Lleyton Hewitt made when Philippoussis pulled out of the Davis Cup semifinal the week after Wimbledon.

The U.S. vs. China has become synonymous with superior soccer. Sports Illustrated's Grant Wahl says Saturday's match between the super powers is an instant classic rivaling last year's memorable World Cup final.

Despite his asthma and the hot, heavy Atlanta air, American Tom Dolan won the 400 individual medley at the expense of Michigan rival Eric Namesnik . Sports Illustrated's Gerry Callahan

Today's Finals Canoe/Kayak  Men's C1     Women's K1  Cycling  Women's Individual Pursuit  Fencing  Men's Team Épée  Gymnastics  Men's Team  Judo  Men's 73 Kilograms     Women's 57 Kilograms  Shooting  Men's 10-meter Air Rifle     Women's Trap  Swimming  Men's 200-meter Freestyle & 100-meter Backstroke     Women's 100-meter Backstroke & 100-meter Breaststroke  Weightlifting  Women's 53 Kilograms     Men's 58 Kilograms

Perhaps the only real competition for the 2000 Dream Team is with history. Find out how starting point guard Gary Payton thinks this year's team stacks up with the 1996 squad.

The games hall, featuring 150 video games as well as race car and snowboard simulators, and the Surf Shack, which provides athletes with Internet access, have become the two most popular places to hang out in the Athletes' Village.

2.03 seconds: After a 1.5km swim, 40km cycle and 10km run, that was all that separated Swiss gold medalist Brigitte McMahon and Australian silver medalist Michelli Jones in the women's triathlon.

Olympic sport governing bodies. Do they have the courage to follow the lead of the International Weightlifting Federation, which tested all weightlifters prior to competition?