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Beijing 2008
Mixed legacy likely as Olympics conclude
With a carnival-themed extravaganza, China concluded its debut as
Olympic host Sunday after 16 days of near-flawless logistics and
superlative athletic achievement - coexisting awkwardly with the
government's wariness of dissent and free speech.
Redemption sweet for Wade, Bryant
The U.S. basketball team won gold Sunday, beating Spain
118-107, and Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade were two little kids, free of the past and any doubts or
suspicions.
Tragic games ends with volleyball gold for coach
It hit Hugh McCutcheon all at once. All of it, together for the first
time after he had compartmentalized so brilliantly before.
Greg Couch
BEIJING -- It hit Hugh McCutcheon all at once. All of it, together for the first time after he had compartmentalized so brilliantly before.
They were two little kids, free of the past and any doubts or suspicions. The U.S. basketball team won gold Sunday, beating Spain 118-107, and the players jump/hugged at center court like superstars rarely do.
Reflecting on the Beijing Games
Greg Couch: I went through a crazy cab ride, lost, past donkeys and little villages and people always sitting out by the street on their haunches all the way to the Great Wall, where I hiked on top, looking for it. I searched the Forbidden City, including the Hall of Preserved Harmony.
Candance Parker, U.S. women take hoops gold
Greg Couch: Only a few seconds left in the gold medal game, with the blowout already set and the U.S. women’s basketball players already celebrating, Candace Parker decided to do it. No woman has dunked in the Olympics. And Parker, who has designs on becoming what Mia Hamm was to young girls, an international sports icon, can do it. So she got the ball, made her move to the hoop, jumped, and. . .
