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Salon.com
September 15, 2000
Steve Burgess |
Thank God the Yanks aren't hosting the Olympics Maybe this year we'll be spared the USA's boorish egoism.   |
Sports Illustrated
September 15, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Opening secrets Some of the highlights from the opening ceremonies in Sydney... |
Sports Illustrated
September 15, 2000
Leigh Montville |
Opening with a great surprise Cathy Freeman made history, and no one saw it coming... |
Salon.com
September 14, 2000
Michael Sragow |
The Olympics and the movies Forget "Chariots of Fire"; here are three unforgettable documentary looks at the outer limits of human endeavor. |
Sports Illustrated
September 13, 2000
Frank Deford |
A culture of 'sus' So overwhelming is the perception that drugs sustain most Olympic athletes, that it really doesn't matter how much the well is poisoned. Almost every record and every winner is sus. Sus, a shortened version of the word "suspicious," is, so far as I know, only used in Olympic circles. |
Sports Illustrated
September 13, 2000
Brian Cazeneuve |
Pinning away Welcome to the Olympic pin-trading center in Darling Harbour. They tell me it's practically pindemonium in this large tent, where the currency of the Games is traded, sold, bartered and evaluated with the most discerning eyes and wallets... |
Wired
September 2000
Andrew Tilin |
Ready, Set, Mutate! International jock police should forget about controlling technology's impact on sports. It's the 21st century - let the augmentations begin. We've compiled a cutting-edge athlete's duffel of techno-enhanced clothing, equipment, and drugs that will help the world's athletes mine gold... |
Sports Illustrated
September 12, 2000
Jack McCallum |
Scorecard What's worse -- suing to go to the Games, or just not caring? |
Sports Illustrated
September 12, 2000
Rick Reilly |
Last Call for the Original Prime Time With the legendary Al McGuire lying in a hospice outside Milwaukee -- leukemia whittling him to 115 pounds and dropping -- let's raise our glasses: Here's to Alfred Emanuel McGuire of Rockaway Beach, N.Y. There never was, never could be, never will be anybody else like him. |
Sports Illustrated
September 11, 2000 |
A new sport: Olympic Web surfing Greetings from the Surf Shack at the athletes' village here in Sydney. The Shack is the computer haven athletes drop by to build their own Web pages and design personalized T-shirts. For the next two days, we'll be sampling some of the highlights from Web pages created at the Shack... |
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