Olympics

What's a fair advantage for professional atheletes?

Ben Trefny — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:51:04 +0000

The next chapter in the story of athletes and performance enhancing drugs in sports has been written, and it takes place in San Francisco. Wednesday, Giants left-fielder Melky Cabrera was suspended for the rest of the year, without pay, by Major League Baseball, for failing a drug test: he had high levels of testosterone.

Will Durst: The Barack Obama election year decathlon

Will Durst — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:43:54 +0000

Planetary props to the city of London for a monumentally memorable 30th Olympiad. Added kudos for keeping the athletic contests pretty much politics-free, except of course for the monumental ugliness that was the women's semifinal field hockey match between Great Britain and Argentina (a.k.a. The Falklands War II, this time it’s personal!)

Olympic table tennis born in the South Bay

Hana Baba — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:10:43 +0000

The US dominates in many Olympic sports – track and field, swimming, basketball. But, one sport the US has never won a medal for is table tennis.

Reporting on the Olympics, an interview with Scott Ostler

Ben Trefny — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 21:58:24 +0000

Every two years, the Olympic spotlight shines most brightly on the athletes participating in the games. Amidst all the glamour and commotion some people who most of us don’t think too much about are the journalists, those tireless foot soldiers who bring the games to your screens and speakers. Well, we thought about them. What is it like to be a reporter covering the most prestigious sports competition on earth? We put that question to San Francisco Chronicle reporter Scott Ostler.