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Yes, it?s a circus, and yes, it?s like no other competition at the Olympics, where lifetime dreams and years of training often seem to burden more than uplift the athletes, but that?s the point. Beach volleyball was born on the sun-drenched shores of California, in communities...
Before they arrived in Athens, the two swimmers were known for their struggles rather than their successes. Petria Thomas, 28, had spent a long stretch of her career wrestling with a body that kept letting her down; if she wasn't recovering from another shoulder reconstruction she was seen as...
In this case, the Olympics has provided that sense of purpose. But then, as Gould points out (citing Dennis Phillips' 2001 book, Australian Women at the Olympic Games) women athletes have always outperformed the men. "I think it's just perception ... every four years we go, Wow! Women are doing...
After a soft grounder to short clinched it, the Americans hurled their gloves and piled up at the pitchers mound. But the sport's officials might not join the celebration. Softball has an America problem - Team USA hasn't lost in a year, and since only four countries (Australia, Japan...
The players aren't only worried about their sport's future. They know the Olympics were a respite for Candrea, who hid his grief over the last few weeks to guide the U.S. to the championship. But now the ride is over. "It helped," Candrea says. "That's all I...