The Olympics may just be a sporting event, but it is hard not to read larger messages into the results, especially when you see how China and America have dominated the medals tally. Both countries can - and will - look at their Olympic successes as reaffirmations of their distinctly different political systems. But what strikes me is how much they could each learn from the other. This, as they say, is a teaching moment. ...more

August 26, 2008

Brazil won its first gold medal in women's volleyball on Saturday, beating the United States 3-1 and ending an emotional run by an American team struck by tragedy hours after the opening ceremony. ...more

August 24, 2008

A North Korean shooter was stripped of his two medals and was expelled from the Beijing Olympics along with a Vietnamese gymnast Friday after they failed doping tests. ...more

August 16, 2008

Just nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government's news agency, Xinhua, reported that gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that won a gold medal this week. ...more

August 15, 2008

Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin have moved on to the next big thing already. ...more

August 14, 2008

Bela Karolyi is doing NBC television commentary for gymnastics, and even as he cheered on the U.S. women from his perch just above where the balance beam is located at the National Indoor Stadium, he also kept simmering over what he believes is China's "blatant" flouting of the sport's age rules. ...more

August 11, 2008