Olympic sports writing: 2004-2015

Selected features and interviews, plus coverage from several Olympics: Features Dec. 1, 2015: US college sports are a factory for Olympic … More

I’m back – what’d I miss?

My hand is out of a splint after three weeks, though my typing speed is still diminished by a bit … More

Heading into the weekend, I cast some doubt on the hype for the modern pentathlon World Cup final, which included … More

We’re in a lull between winter and summer sports, which means this is a good time to tell you there … More

In elementary school, I used to wander into the Coliseum at the University of Georgia to watch wrestling. When UGA … More

Modern pentathlon seemed to be the likeliest sport to be eliminated from the Olympic program. Then perhaps taekwondo. Maybe an … More

The Winter Olympics are taking on an X Games feel. Even the older sports are modernizing — biathlon has caught … More

Holding a world championship in an Olympic year always seems a little redundant. And we really don’t know if we … More

Modern pentathlon and triathlon have a few things in common — running, swimming and the inevitability of being lumped together … More

One side effect of the World Cup: These are the last MLS weekend games until June 25. They’ll play a … More