Conner Sounds Off On Hamm Medal Dispute
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OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma Olympic legend spoke out Monday on the controversy surrounding the gold medal won last week by American gymnast Paul Hamm.
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On the whole, US Olympian Paul Hamm admitted, he would rather be taking on Korea&#39;s Yang Tae Young in a gymnastics arena than in the sports world&#39;s highest court.
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Paul Hamm appeared before the sports world's highest court Monday to argue why he should keep his Olympic gymnastics gold medal.    The Court of Arbitration for Sport convened to hear the appeal from a South Korean who lost the gold medal in the men's all-around at last month's Athens Olympics because of a scoring error...
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Maybe there&#39;s some technical justification for why Paul Hamm was forced to defend his gymnastics gold medal Monday before a sports court in Switzerland.
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US gymnast Paul Hamm won the Olympic all-around gold medal five days ago. At least he thought he did. But with the South Koreans still insisting that
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It took nearly 12 hours for everyone to be heard Monday as the Court of Arbitration for Sport considered whether American gymnast Paul Hamm should keep the gold medal he won in the all-around event at the Athens Olympics.
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NEW YORK - Paul Hamm said he was relieved but had some bitter feelings after Thursday&#39;s decision to let him keep his Olympic all-round gymnastics gold medal.
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The ruling body of gymnastics (FIG) denied Saturday putting pressure on all-round champion Paul Hamm to hand over his gold medal to South Korea&#39;s Yang Tae-young, saying the decision should be left to the American.
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Yet another chapter in the gold medal mess of US gymnast Paul Hamm was written in a courtroom Monday. Hamm appeared at a hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Laussane, Switzerland.
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(New York-WABC, September 28, 2004) - Overall Olympic gymnastics champion Paul Hamm has made his case to keep his gold medal. Hamm testified to the court for arbitration of sport and why he thinks he should
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Officials from the US Olympic Committee and their South Korean counterparts might seek to solve the dispute over US gymnast Paul Hamm&#39;s gold medal in
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Paul Hamm had hoped to continue the American gymnastics carnival at the Olympics Games on Sunday. Instead, as well as facing a battle to hold onto the individual gold that
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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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Description: NPR&#39;s Scott Simon offers his thoughts on Paul Hamm, the US Olympic gymnast plagued by scoring scandals. Hamm has been asked -- indirectly -- to give up his gold medal in the men&#39;s all-around competition.
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Paul Hamm definitely doesn&#39;t think he should have to give up his gold medal. He&#39;s not even into the idea of sharing it. &quot;I personally feel, at this time, that I am the Olympic
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The future of Paul Hamm's gold medal has nothing to do with tumbles and flips, and everything to do with the judgment of three arbitrators. The Court of Arbitration for Sport held an 11 1/2-hour hearing Monday to determine whether Hamm should again be declared the winner of the Olympic gymnastics all-around competition, or the victory should go to Yang Tae-young of South Korea.
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One of the cardinal rules of column writing is that you make your feelings known and move on, regardless of the feedback. So why is Paul Hamm again the topic of discussion today?