Summer Olympic Games 1996

Brian Cazeneuve: Three athletes have promising performances as 2012 Games rapidly approach

9 Feb 2012

Athletes in each Olympic sport around the world are vying for position and momentum before this summer's Olympics in London. Here are three U.S. athletes who advanced their causes with strong performances in the past week.

Remembering Olympic Softball

9 Feb 2012

A couple of years following the Olympic debut of softball at the 1996 Games in Atlanta, I had the opportunity to go to a week-long softball camp at a local college. I was just making the jump from slow-pitch to fast-pitch softball as a young teen, and my parents thought the skills...

Olympic Athletes Who Overcame Extreme Adversity

9 Feb 2012

Watching the Olympics always makes me feel lazy. And it should. While I'm sitting on the couch, these inspiring athletes are pushing past physical and emotional barriers, willing every last muscle in their body to work harder for a piece of athletic world domination.