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August 9, 1992
Interview
XXV Olympic Summer Games
Gail Devers's victory in the 100 highlighted a heavenly week of Olympic competition
Despite surprising performances by China and the Unified Team, the U.S. ruled the pool
U.S. stars Tom Jager and Matt Biondi (top right) and Russia's Aleksandr Popov were studies in intensity as they prepared to make the water boil in the 50-meter freestyle
Aleksandr Popov and Yevgeny Sadovyi hope to turn the medals they won in Barcelona into capitalist gold
An evocative portfolio of images from the first week of competition in Barcelona
Superstar Jim Courier tried the life of the average Olympian and found it difficult and delightful
Scott Strausbaugh and Joe Jacobi gave U.S. paddlers their first Whitewater gold in history
Eric Griffin, the U.S.'s best hope, fell victim to a new, but flawed, scoring system
The Unified Team women showed the Americans that friendship can be golden
U.S. sailors hauled in a bounty of gold and silver from the polluted seas off the coast of Spain
That phrase took on new meaning when the U.S. and Cuba played...and played...and played
The Olympic experience has many different meanings, as this gallery demonstrates
NBC has brought us the Olympics SingleCast and the Olympics TripleCast. One is three times worse than the other
Dream Team
Charles Barkley, always outrageous, has been the talk of the Olympic Games, on the basketball court as well as off it
Books
At the age of 87, legendary golf teacher Harvey Penick has become a best-selling author
Environment
Fisheries researchers in Texas are breeding a more catchable, "naive" bass
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XXV Olympic Summer Games/Point After
Take note Atlanta: This Cobi-phobic writer has had it with cuddly Olympic symbols
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