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Sports Illustrated September 8, 2000 Brian Cazeneuve |
Swimming without sharks Nick Martin may have the Sydney Games' most unusual job. He is entrusted with fighting off sharks in the Harbour during one of the Olympics' debut events, just in case one of them fancies a triathlete sampler for lunch. |
CIO June 15, 2001 Meg Mitchell Moore |
Swimming Without Sharks Devices to protect divers from sharks. |
Sports Illustrated August 16, 2000 Frank Deford |
Sydney Olympics must overcome The Sydney Olympics are a month away, so let's look at the problems they face in attracting their usual high degree of interest in the United States. |
Sports Illustrated March 3, 2000 Brian Cazeneuve |
Defining the Olympic Spirit Welcome to the first Sydney 2000 Mailbag, where we'll discuss anything and everything relating to the Summer Games.... |
Sports Illustrated September 26, 2000 |
Sydney Pen Pals Thanks to the Sydney Olympics' internal computers, I can reach all the athletes via e-mail. So I e-mail 3,000 of them, 60 at a time, and ask them: What single thing has happened to you at these Olympics that you will never forget?... |
Salon.com May 22, 2000 Deirdre Macken |
Sydney, revised edition With the Olympics approaching, it's time we cleared up a few misconceptions about Australia's beloved town. |
Sports Illustrated September 18, 2000 Rick Reilly |
Love, Sydney I know who should get the 2008 Games. Sydney. Also 2012. And 2016. And 2020 through 3000. Sydney. Let's make it official. Sydney is now the Olympics' permanent home... |
Sports Illustrated June 19, 2000 Brian Cazeneuve |
Insider briefs US Women's Soccer must play '96 medalists Norway and China in the first round in Sydney; Weightlifter Wes Barnett suggests foul play; Triathlete/Ph.D. candidate Joanna Zeiger |
Sports Illustrated September 19, 2000 Rick Reilly |
The Biggest Hurdle in Sydney Nigerian Olympic hurdler Glory Alozie's fiance, sprinter Hyginus Anayo Anugo, was killed by a speeding car in Sydney a week before the games, shattering her hopes and dreams... |
Sports Illustrated May 30, 2000 Brian Cazeneuve |
Inside Olympic Sports Triathlete Hunter Kemper... Cyclist Nicole Freedman... Juan Antonio Samaranch, etc. |
Sports Illustrated May 23, 2000 |
Scorecard: Hot Times in a Fast Pool ...While the controversial neck-to-ankle suits worn by a handful of top swimmers could be contributing to the falling marks, it's no coincidence that of the 26 world records that have been set over the past two years and still stand, 14 have come at the SIAC... |
Sports Illustrated August 8, 2000 Brian Cazeneuve |
Inside Olympics Competition will be fierce when America's best dive into the Olympic trials |
Salon.com September 27, 2000 Gary Kamiya |
An ode to Sydney Mistress of the meeting of land and water, the Australian seaport overflows with beauties large and small. |
Salon.com Bill Belleville |
Into the jaws of destiny Whatever you think a shark is, you're wrong -- until you look it in the eye. |
Sports Illustrated September 22, 2000 Alexander Wolff |
Braving deeper waters Maldivian swimmer delivers a most important message |
Sports Illustrated May 5, 2000 Brian Cazeneuve |
Olympic burnout factor Q&A on the Olympics: increasing surge of interest rising in the 2000 Games in the U.S. public and media?... How does the United States' shot put, discus and hammer throwers look this year?... Has the IOC ever considered offering "at large" berths to athletes... etc. |
CEO Traveler |
Sydney, Australia The Stage for 2000 Olympic Games |
Sports Illustrated April 5, 2000 |
What's in and what's out Q&A on the Olympics: Anything like Triplecast in the future?... Handball... Surfing... Mary Slaney and Amy Van Dyken... Why no golf?... Michael Bennett... Will Bahamas team win the 4x100-meter relay?... |
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... |
Sports Illustrated September 20, 2000 Steve Rushin |
Swimming's hidden secret In a 20-Meter Hotel Pool Freestyle Free-For-All, I promise I could beat the Thorpedo. |
Sports Illustrated January 29, 2002 Tim Layden & Kostya Kennedy |
Seasonal Debate Forget the Summer Games, the Winter Olympics are tops... Put the Winter Games in deep freeze, the Summer Olympics are hot... |
AskMen.com August 28, 2014 |
Listen Up: An Ironman Champ Has Some Advice For You Here are some tips on training gear, workouts and a real-life account of what it's like to train for one of the hardest races in the world. |
Sports Illustrated September 23, 2000 Brian Cazeneuve |
Poolside in Sydney Clear out the chlorine and dust off the history books. This was a terrific swim meet. World records fell in 13 races, many more than once... |
Outside September 2007 Tim Sohn |
Swim. Bike. Run. Shoot. Kill. Overrun with linebacker types who can't hack the training, recruiters for the Navy SEALs are targeting X Gamers and endurance athletes. Because who wouldn't want Lance Armstrong on the front lines? |
Salon.com September 5, 2001 Norah Vincent |
Swimming with sharks "Compassionate conservatism" means creating a social contract where people take responsibility for swimming with sharks -- or sleeping with them... |
Sports Illustrated June 8, 2000 Brian Cazeneuve |
Tumbling around Gymnastics letters |
Sports Illustrated August 11, 2000 |
Games are mere weeks away US will likely dominate Olympic basketball... Swedes and Norwegians strong in handball... Changing of the guard in US Wrestling... Should automatic spots be awarded to top athletes?... Does Fu Mingxia have a shot diving in Sydney?... Why isn't golf an Olympic sport?... |
Sports Illustrated October 2, 2000 |
Top moments 'Best ever' Games churned out memorable moments... |
Sports Illustrated August 16, 2000 Brian Cazeneuve |
Swim trials top 10 (er, 12) Following the tremendous response to our 10 (well, OK, 12) top highlights, lowlights and sidelights of the U.S. track and field trials last month, we present, with two races still to be swum on Wednesday, our top 10 (well, OK, 12) list from the Olympic swimming trials |
Outside August 2008 |
The Guide: Beijing Olympics 2008 The 15 things you must know about this year's Olympics in Beijing. |
Sports Illustrated September 5, 2000 Rick Reilly |
Rack Off, Seppos! (Yankees, Go Home!) We were told these Olympics would be wonderful. Hardly. If it's raining palaces, we just got hit by the outhouse door. |
Sports Illustrated September 4, 2000 Brian Cazeneuve |
Previewing the opening ceremony The opening of the Olympics. |
Adventure November 2005 Mary Anne Potts |
Fabien Cousteau: The Belly of a Beast The documentary Mind of a Demon would not have been possible without Troy, a shark-shaped submersible capable of fishlike locomotion. |
AskMen.com Dave Golokhov |
Top 10 Olympic Athletes To Look For In Torino These skiers, skaters and sledders have an excellent chance of making their home countries proud by writing a page in the history books at the Winter Olympics February 2006. |
Outside August 2006 W. Hodding Carter |
The 40-year-old Virgin Swimmer In a (completely misguided) bid to make the 2008 olympic team, the author, an ex-NCAA swimmer, is training like he did in college. Only this time our party frogman is cruising the british virgin islands under his own power. |
AskMen.com June 26, 2001 Stefanie Michaels |
Travel To Atlantis, Paradise Island We were off to Paradise -- Paradise Island, that is! An amazing strip of pristine beaches, swimming pool waters, and a destination like none other -- the resort, Atlantis... |
Sports Illustrated December 5, 2000 Rick Reilly |
Paralympic Paradox You thought there was a boatload of cheaters at the Sydney Olympics? You should've seen what happened when the Games were over. That's when the worst cheaters of all arrived -- the paralympians... |
Sports Illustrated October 3, 2000 |
Scorecard Medal counts and TV ratings tell only part of the story in Sydney: As any follower of the Dream Team can attest, not all who won gold glittered. Herewith a tally of who landed right-side up and who went belly-up Down Under... |
Sports Illustrated September 3, 2000 |
A peek inside the Athletes Village Welcome to the Athletes Village, home to more than 15,000 athletes, coaches and team officials during the Sydney Games... |
Outside August 2004 Johnathan Waldman |
Performance Swimwear More is less--less drag, less turbulence, and less time to the finish line. At this summer's Athens Games, 75 percent of all swimmers will get hydro-dynamic in full-body and cutoff suits. |
Sports Illustrated September 26, 2000 John Walters |
Making sense of NBC's tumbling Olympic ratings Question: Could NBC's ratings for the Olympics be any worse? Answer: Only if Dennis Miller were added to the broadcast team... |
AskMen.com July 27, 2012 Jonathan Hotchkiss |
Athlete Support Sport is often (especially individual sports, such as triathlon) a selfish, one-man show with all the glory and reward going to one winning individual for one moment of brilliance. But behind the scenes is a team of people who have had to support them in order to help them achieve that one moment. |
Salon.com September 18, 2000 Gary Kamiya |
Lanes of glory A flying Dutchwoman, an underdog Italian and the irrepressible Americans make swimming history at Sunday night's showdown in the water. |
Outside December 2008 W. Hodding Carter |
Memo to Michael Phelps Nice job in China, guy. Now could you turn your attention to saving swimming? |
Financial Advisor January 2012 Mitch Anthony |
'I Saw The Movie' How your clients' brain circuitry may be short-circuiting their investment plans. |
AskMen.com Emma Overton |
Shark Week Fashion I think the impulse to display these murderers of the sea on our beach shorts, hoodies and towels stems from the desire to steal some of their power. |
Sports Illustrated July 11, 2000 Tim Layden |
Inside Olympic Sports Here's what to expect from the crucible of track and field's U.S. trials... Plus, more Olympic briefs |
The Motley Fool August 30, 2004 Phil Wohl |
Olympics: No Ad Bonanza The showcase for the world's athletes doesn't produce marquee names for advertisers. |
Sports Central August 25, 2008 Brian Cox |
Running With Heavy Burdens in Dark Shadows For the USA track and field athletes, these Olympics have been about missed opportunities and devastating losses. |
Salon.com September 26, 2000 Gary Kamiya |
Down with the Yanks! At the U.S.-Spain soccer match, the crowd's anti-U.S. howlings get under our reporter's skin. |