It's Time to Kick Out Some Olympic Sports

Viewpoint: There's no question that the women competing in Beijing aren't anything but athletic. But should synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics remain in the Games?

Would-Be Beijing Protesters Punished

Authorities sentence two Beijing women in their 70s to time in a detention camp after applying to demonstrate in the capital's official Olympic protest zones

Can Jamaica's Sprinters Fight Crime?

Many on the Caribbean nation are hoping Olympic champs like Usain Bolt can help turn the tide against violent crime

Chinese Volleyball: Game On

They didn't get the gold this time, but after the Chinese women's volleyball teams won the silver and bronze, they got the world's attention

The Sticky Business of Table Tennis

TIME tracks down the Olympic secret behind the flying paddles of the world's best table tennis players: glue

Bolt Keeps Electrifying Track

It's another race with history at the Bird's Nest, as the free-spirit Jamaican sprinter sets his second world mark

The Redeem Team Keeps on Rolling

After a competitive first half, Team USA got into gear and blew out Australia in the basketball quarterfinals

US Gymnasts Finish Off in Style

Despite all the injuries, America's men and women ended up winning more gymnastics medals than their 2004 counterparts

Raising the Stakes at the Olympics

The vaunted Olympic spirit is terrible for competition. What we need, says Joel Stein, are some anti-medals, and a new scoring system

Will Beijing Relax After the Games?

In the months before the Olympics, Chinese authorities pulled in the reins on social dissent. But will Beijing loosen its grip after the world packs up and leaves?

A US Shocker on the Wrestling Mat

Wrestling wunderkind Henry Cejudo, the son of Mexican immigrants, could be the most surprising American story of these Olympics

China's Women Spark a Gold Rush

Thanks to a policy of equal treatment, the host nation's female athletes have comfortably contributed more than half of the country's gold medals

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