Back in familiar territory, the U.S. men’s water polo team is working toward a familiar goal — a medal in a major international tournament. Full story »

The IOC is still uncovering drug cheats eight months after the Beijing Olympics ended. The International Olympic Committee, staying true to its pledge to fight doping, said Tuesday that six athletes have been nabbed by retesting their blood samples for CERA, an advanced version of the blood-boosting hormone EPO. Full story »

Thirty years after Al Michaels made his historic “Do you believe in miracles? Yes!” call at Lake Placid, N.Y., in 1980, he will be at the Winter Olympics again. NBC announced Thursday Michaels will be the daytime host for the network’s coverage of the 2010 Vancouver Games. Full story »

BALTIMORE — Michael Phelps says it’s fair for USA Swimming to suspend him for three months, the latest fallout from a photo showing the Olympic great inhaling from a marijuana pipe. Full story »

The last time Jessica Mendoza remembers being labeled a troublemaker was when she was 10 years old and came home with skinned knees. Full story »

The Beijing Olympics are over and what have we learned? Well, for one thing, we've learned that "live" doesn't always mean "live." We've learned that things are more live on the East Coast than they are on the West Coast. We've learned that we can land a man on the moon, but we can't take the word "LIVE" off a TV screen on the West Coast once it's appeared on a TV screen on the East Coast. Full story »

High among the best things about the end of the Olympics is this: I won't have to look at the Fuwa any more. The Fuwa, as you are unavoidably aware if you've been in Beijing for the last three weeks, are the Olympic mascots. There are five of them: Beibei the fish (which looks nothing like a fish), Jingjing the Panda, Huanhuan the Olympic flame (which has flame-like hair), Yingying the Tibetan Antelope (which looks nothing like an antelope) and Nini the Swallow (which looks like a kid wearing a bird's head hat). Full story »

After taking big steps, the United States men's water polo team ended up on the second step of the podium. Sunday, after losing 14-10 to Hungary in the gold-medal game at the Beijing Olympics, that felt more like a disappointment than the achievement it was. But in time, coach Terry Schroeder and his players know that will change. Full story »

The 2008 Olympics were incredibly well run, featured some magnificent athletic achievements and will leave an unmatched architectural legacy. I'm glad I was here to see them, and to see China. Nonetheless, I'm still far from sure it was a good idea to bring them here. Full story »

While U.S. athletes have stayed silent about politics during these Olympic Games, their actions have spoken volumes. First came the decision by U.S. team captains to pick runner Lopez Lomong, who was a Sudanese war refugee, to lead the U.S. delegation into the Aug. 8 opening ceremony as the team's flag bearer. Full story »

Olympic superstar Michael Phelps will write a book telling the story behind his historic eight gold medal swims just in time for the holiday season, Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced Friday. Full story »

On the surface, the question sounds absurd. Could a team that included the likes of Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan not be the greatest Olympic basketball team? The answer is yes. Full story »

By the time this is read, the U.S. men's basketball team, barring the failure to live up to its moniker, will have returned the gold medal to the nation of the game's origin for the 12th time in 15 Olympics. Full story »

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Subways are a great thing when you're traveling. Not only can you get where you're going with a far higher degree of certainty than with a bus — railroad tracks are fixed; bus routes can change — but they provide a great window into the everyday slice of life, whether in New York or Milan or Athens or Sydney. Full story »