my next Olympic hero: Justin Spring

Yes, it’s true that Jonathan Horton’s rock-solid consistency was largely responsible for the U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Team achieving the Bronze medal on Monday (Tuesday), but I found myself most drawn to Justin Spring. I first noticed him a couple of months ago in the championships leading up to the Olympic Trials, and though his routines [...]

Beijing beginning

I find a hero in every cycle of the Olympic Games, but I never expected to find a single face that fascinated me so quickly in the fortnight. Early in the Parade of Nations at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Atanas Nikolovski of Macedonia was truly appealing, not only in his pure beauty but in [...]

Olympic Champions

For me, there’s always a hero in every Olympiad. While America was surrounding Michael Phelps, Carly Patterson and Paul Hamm, I looked back to Sydney. Ian Thorpe continues to amaze and delight me.

And Michael Klim just rocks…

OLYMPIC GAMES, Summer 2004

I never miss the Olympic Games. I have memories of watching the most popular events every four years with all of my family sitting around and enjoying them together. It shaped my own viewing habits, so I never miss the broadcasts. But my interests have changed in these 35 years, and where I once watched [...]