By a fingertip, Michael Phelps is still on course for eight gold medals. He can thank Jason Lezak for getting him No. 2.
The oldest man on the U.S. swimming team pulled off one of the …

The night began with hundreds of Chinese fans lined up in the rain outside Olympic Basketball Gymnasium, four hours before tip-off. It began with volunteers distributing plastic ponchos to the damp throng, presumably to keep …

This was supposed to be a thrilling time for Dara Torres. Preparing to swim in her record fifth Olympics at age 41 and with a chance to add to her pile of 10 career medals, she got the shock of her life.

Mike Krzyzewski wanted Dwyane Wade on the U.S. team, just in case something ever happened to Kobe Bryant or LeBron James. With James out Friday night, Wade proved he is definitely back.

Don’t lie, you had no idea. Unless of course you accidentally saw the ticker at the bottom of ESPN or CNN mention something about a yellow jacket - and even then you probably thought …

Holding off one of his best friends, Michael Phelps started his second attempt to break Mark Spitz’s Olympic record with another epic swim.
Less than an hour later, the teenager he compares to a little sister …

Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski and his staff named the final Team USA Olympic Basketball squad today. It is a rather star studded lineup (quite a bit more so than 2004 - bleh) that on paper …