By JOE POSNANSKI | McClatchy Newspapers • Published August 22, 2008

BEIJING - The U.S. Track and Field folks sent out this quaint little e-mail Friday, moments after American Bryan Clay won the Olympic decathlon. The subject line was: "Clay cl...

The official Olympics medals table is based on the number of gold
medals and it puts China top and Great Britain third. But what happens
if other factors are taken into account?
...

DIBABA NABS FIRST-EVER 5000/10,000 OLYMPIC DOUBLEBy Bob Ramsak(c) Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved - used with permissionBEIJING
(22-Aug) -- The eagerly anticipated battle of the dueling D's
--defending champion Meseret Defar and 10,000m cham...

BIRD'S NEST BEING READIED FOR SECOND ACTBy David Monti(c) 2008 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Used with Permission.BEIJING
(13-Aug) -- After last Friday's spectacular Opening Ceremoney, the
iconic Bird's Nest stadium must be completely tra...

NOGUCHI OUT OF OLYMPIC MARATHONBy David Monti(c) 2008 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Used with permission.BEIJING
(13-Aug) -- Defending Olympic Marathon champion, Mizuki Noguchi of
Japan, has withdrawn from the Beijing Olympics due to inju...

FLAG BEARER LOMONG LIVING AMERICAN, OLYMPIC DREAMSBy David Monti(c) 2008 Race Results Weekly, all rights reserved. Used with permission.BEIJING
(08-Aug) -- For the USA flag bearer for tonight's Olympic Games Opening
Ceremony, Lopez Lomong, his journe...