Ebersol is TV&#39;s &#39;Mr. Olympics&#39;
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Dick Ebersol&#39;s passion for the Olympics began as a researcher in the 1960s and led him to help NBC lock up the US TV rights through the 2012 Games.
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Paralympic athletes are &quot;the real heroes of the evening&quot; and &quot;a beacon of inspiration for millions of people around the world,&quot; Phil Craven, President of the International Paralympic
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&quot; I admit it, most of my notes for this game considered of &quot;IY Shannon&quot; and &quot;Mr. and Mrs. Dan Boxx.&quot; Oh, and looking up the United States all-time record for Olympic finals played in cities called &quot;Athens...&quot;. by Dan Loney. There&#39;s only one story this week
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One way or another, Paul Hamm&#39;s gold-medal odyssey is about to end. Whether he gets to keep the medal and the title he won a month ago in the Olympic men&#39;s gymnastics all-around will be up to the sporting world&#39;s highest authority.
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Four-time Olympic medalist Stephan Eberharter retired from competitive skiing Friday after 16 years on the World Cup circuit. The decision was not an easy one, the 35-year-old Eberharter said.
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If everybody always agreed with me, there wouldn&#39;t be any sense in writing a column. So in the true Olympic spirit, it&#39;s your turn.
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IOC president Jacques Rogge says the Athens Olympics broke global TV viewing records, with almost 4 billion people tuning in.
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By Wayne Ezell  Television viewers on th
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International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has praised Athens for organising a well-run Games. &quot;I am an extremely happy president of the IOC,&quot; Dr Rogge told reporters in Athens.
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There are a lot of words  you can use to describe reality-style competitions on TV, but  until the broadcast of NBC's "My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad"  on Monday, "wholesome" was not among them. There is more good  sportsmanship in this series than you'll find on a half-dozen  peewee soccer fields.
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The Vancouver Canucks are quite ready to refer to teammate Sami Salo as "Mr. Overtime."
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There&#39;s baseball&#39;s postseason, basketball&#39;s preseason, boxing&#39;s never-ending season, and the NFL in full swing. Every fourth year, there&#39;s a presidential race coming down the homestretch too.
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One of the most striking television images thus far from the 2004 Athens Summer Games isn&#39;t of Michael Phelps gliding along the surface of the water, or the Parthenon at dusk.
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&quot;I respect totally Paul Hamm and all the decisions he makes. If he says give back the medal, I respect it. Don&#39;t give back the medal, I respect the decision.
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Steven Lopez&#39;s gold medal in the Athens Olympic taekwondo competition was No. 2 for him. He&#39;s thinking of it right now, though, as No.
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This part is still so right. This part -- the Olympic men&#39;s 100-meter sprint final -- remains one of the most exciting nights in sports.
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The Washington Post compared Bulgaria&#39;s Olympic winner in men&#39;s 94 weightlifitng Milen Dobrev to the advertising icon Mr. Clean.