Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt

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Goal Was Gold

Stars Of The Games

Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt are so different in so many ways, yet they're so the same. Wilbon » Astounding stories » Next for U.S. women? » Top moments » Top athlete? » Photos Medals »

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Top Of The World

Top Of The World

Team USA's road to glory might have hit a U-turn if 2004 holdover LeBron James hadn't gone all-in. Michael Wilbon » Coach K, Kobe humbled Stein: Good as gold again » London takeaways

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Momentum Boost?

Women's Reign

Hauling in a record 29 gold medals and 58 overall, the U.S. women were dominant in London. So what now? Jackie MacMullan » Foudy: The Women's Games » Ford: The one constant? Great stories »

Marc Stein

The U.S. men overcame size issues to outlast Spain for another Olympic gold.
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The Sports Guy just covered his first Olympics, but this is what he missed.

Last Piece To Puzzle

Bonnie D. Ford on Allyson Felix finally winning gold

Allyson Felix's gold-medal time of 21.88 in the 200 meters wasn't a personal best in the stopwatch sense. It was the culmination of a painstaking couple of years during which Felix tweaked and experimented and hunted for the missing pieces of a jigsaw puzzle she left out where she could see it every day, waiting to be solved. She finally pressed them into place at just the right time. Full Story »

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OK, Now What?

Julie Foudy talks with Abby Wambach about gold and what's next.
Sport Science

Keep you eye on the ball. It table tennis, it's moving fast.

SIGHTS & SOUNDS

Day 16 In Photos

You can see a little bit of everything in London at the Games.
London Voices

Jessica Hardy finally got out of the pool and enjoyed London.

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