August 05, 1996
The arrogance of certain athletes—to think they should qualify for the Olympics without competition because of their past glories.SCOTT ROSE, OLNEY, ILL.
August 05, 1996
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August 05, 1996 | Roy Blount Jr.
August 05, 1996 | ROY BLOUNT JR.
If The Star-Spangled Banner is running through your mind thisweek, well, fine, but I'll tell you what these Olympics haveplanted firmly in mine: certain passages from the Dogon-Peulh, aseduction...
August 05, 1996 | Gary Smith
August 05, 1996 | Tim Kurkjian
Struck by the death of a fellow ump, Eric Gregg is waging a battle of the bulge
August 05, 1996 | Cheryl Rosenberg
Lured by a course for women only, this skeptic got hooked on fly-fishing
News about the Olympic bombing got short shrift on the peacock network
August 05, 1996 | Edited by Jack McCallum and Richard O'Brien
18Meters by which Atlanta gold medalist Donovan Bailey would have beaten 1896 Athens winner Thomas Burke in the 100, based on their Olympic-final times.
It takes lots of balls to make an Olympics. Do you know which balls go with which sports? (Answers below)
The Las Vegas Club Hotel & Casino is offering limited-edition gaming chips honoring track and field great Jesse Owens.
August 05, 1996 | Edited by Jack McCallum and Richard O'Brien
Mike GallegoSt. Louis Cardinals veteran second baseman, on his proclivity for diving for ground balls: "That's the difference between a young player and an old player. The young player doesn't...
Anyone who's anyone is watching the Olympics, and among the viewers are pro athletes. We polled a cross section of baseball, football and hockey players to see which sport at the Games is their...
August 05, 1996
Here's a bottom view of the Olympic water polo game between Germany (in light blue suits) and Yugoslavia, which won 9-8
August 05, 1996
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August 05, 1996 | S.L. Price
Last week's tragedy stirred a 1972 Olympian to realize anew that, for the athletes, the Games must go on
August 05, 1996 | Kenny Moore
Stirring triumphs by Donovan Bailey, Michael Johnson and Carl Lewis helped put the focus back on the athletes in Atlanta
August 05, 1996 | Bill Colson
The explosion that brought death and injury to Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park in the early hours of last Saturday morning had gut-wrenching resonance for four members of the SI contingent...
Rex Hudler eats bugs and, this year, is feasting on American League pitching
Just when it seemed his wondrous story had ended, Carl Lewis added a thrilling final chapter
August 05, 1996 | E.M. Swift
August 05, 1996 | Leigh Montville
August 05, 1996 | Keith Monroe
The death of William Colby proves again that canoeing can be very dangerous
Eva Shain spends her nights out at ringside, as a professional fight judge
August 05, 1996 | Peter Gambaccini
Hollywood wins few medals for a slew of forgettable Olympic films
August 05, 1996 | Jane Gottesman
The athletes came when an archaeologist revived Greece's Nemean Games
August 05, 1996 | Merrell Noden
Milt Campbell was dazzling as the Olympic decathlon champion in 1956
August 05, 1996
Karl GoehringAPPLE VALLEY, MINN.
An Irishman with inside knowledge of drug use in sports is skeptical of Michelle Smith's triumphs
The mighty Cubans held off a powerful U.S. team in the prelude to a probable showdown for the gold medal later this week
A venerable American champ was among those who won on the sand as a new Olympic sport gave fans a good old time
August 05, 1996
Arresting images of bodies in motion surfaced at far-flung venues during the first half of the '96 Games
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