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2004 Olympics

The year in sports: Miracle comebacks, working-class heroes and gracious champions. Flying chairs, rape charges and steroids. 2004 was all about taking the bad with the good.; By King Kaufman Dec 21, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Olympics: And so it ends. Now we begin filing the memories: Let's see, Phelps, hoops, drugs, two Hamms, empty seats and a nutcase at the marathon. Plus: Dee-fense!; Aug 30, 2004
Grand, joyous finale: At the closing of the Olympics, the spirit of human striving -- impervious to time and its losses -- burns strong on athletes' faces.; By Gary Kamiya Aug 30, 2004
The serious buzz in Athens: American sprinters are booed. Greek runner Fania Halkia comes out of nowhere to win the 400-meter hurdles. Don't look now -- but doping scandals are beginning to color the Games.; By Gary Kamiya Aug 27, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Olympics: Americans shouldn't feel guilty about rooting for the USA. Plus: More announcers, good and bad. And: Weird women's water polo coverage.; Aug 27, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Olympics: The best and worst at the microphone. Plus: The sartorial report. And: The injuries are mounting.; Aug 26, 2004
Over the top: On the night when the greatest middle-distance runner in the world wept tears of joy after finally winning gold, two Russian women staged a pole vault battle for the ages.; By Gary Kamiya Aug 25, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Olympics: Fast-forward. No, faster! The gymnastics exhibition is on! Plus: Don't mess with the insane judging, please.; Aug 25, 2004
Great white runner: In the land of the gods, the Acropolis towering above, Jeremy Wariner sprints into history -- and racial stereotypes vanish in a flash.; By Gary Kamiya Aug 24, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Gymnastics gets interesting in a loud, hooting hurry. Plus: A white American sprint champion? Shh! And: More.; Aug 24, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: U.S. men go to hoops medal round playing a game of "Where's LeBron?" Plus: Drugs, NBC's high-def follies, Al Trautwig and more.; Aug 23, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Olympics: NBC's coverage isn't golden, but it's been a huge improvement over recent years. Plus: Teddy Atlas rocks the boxing. And: Badminton! And also: More.; Aug 20, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Olympics: Paul Hamm makes history and gets Roy Jones Jr.'s revenge. Plus: LeBron James' learning curve. And: Beach volleyballers and shot-putters.; Aug 19, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Olympics: It's time for women's gymnastics to grow up. Plus: LeBron James shows that the NBA way takes your breath away. And: More.; Aug 18, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Olympics: Lisa Leslie is the big sister the U.S. men need. Plus: A gold and two bronzes for Michael Phelps? What a failure! And: Take your best shot.; Aug 17, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Olympics: The Dream Team that couldn't shoot straight. Plus: Ginobili can! And: NBC holds the syrup and shows actual events.; Aug 16, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Olympics: What else but a huge sports upset could make Iraq go silly with joy? Plus: Shame on ESPN.; Aug 13, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: American athletes really do need to learn how to behave at the Olympics: The readers write.; Aug 12, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: The Olympics haven't officially started, but they've started. Plus: Everybody out of the stadium! And: An interstate home run.; Aug 11, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: Greg Maddux is a 300-game winner and a wonderful role model. Our Olympians are being asked to act more like him. Too bad.; Aug 10, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: On chemistry in baseball clubhouses and track and field labs, plus USA basketball, Miami football and editing misteaks: The readers write.; Aug 6, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: The U.S. basketball team gets smoked by Italy. Italy?! Good. At last the Dream Team era is over and Olympic hoops will be worth watching.; Aug 4, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: The death of track and field: Why watch a sport where the only results that mean anything come from a lab? Plus: Tyson's finished! We mean it! (Please forget this by his next fight.); Aug 3, 2004
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: The Olympics: They're empty seat-tastic. Plus: An ESPN boycott? And: Let's talk it over.; Jul 23, 2004

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2004 Olympics

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