Chat with Shannon Miller

...chat. Miller, and the rest of her "Magnificent 7" teammates from the 1996 U.S. women's gymnastics team, will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame presented by Allstate and hosting...

Chat | June 14, 2008

Growing Up NEXT with Summer Sanders

...latest installment of ESPN.com's Growing Up NEXT series. Sanders excelled in one of those sports, gymnastics, that parents today often enroll their kids in at very early ages. She was the most decorated...

Chat | August 31, 2005

Silver Stars soaring

My Kansas City Star duties have me in Philadelphia this weekend for the Olympic gymnastics trials at the Wachovia Center. The last time I was in this building was for the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | June 20, 2008

Meyer at center of controversy

...Smith, a gymnast. Smith, who broke her leg in 2006 while competing for UCLA, was getting a gymnastics scholarship. Her recruitment was pretty intriguing because apparently Meyer had been talking to her, too. "I used...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 24, 2008

Tebow moves past folk hero status

And now the real craziness begins for Tim Tebow and Florida. I'm speaking about dealing with the mounting hype. Yes, expectations now are really going...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 10, 2007

Game Face keeps Diggins going on and off the court

Skylar Diggins toughed it out and has become a force to be reckoned with, writes Glenn Nelson.

Story | Conversation | August 06, 2007

Big Easy can handle Big Weekend

In the aftermath of complaints about lawlessness in Las Vegas, there's been much public hand-wringing this week about the problems that may crop up at...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 02, 2007

ESPN.com's Intelligence Report: Feb. 1

Utah's got the next Kobe, New Orleans might have an All-Star Game, and much more.

Story | Conversation | February 01, 2006

Sneaker shopping

...the new Duncan's will go for $250. Luckily, I've got two girls who are into gymnastics instead of hoop. Otherwise, I'd be roaming around the mall looking in vain for a $30...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 05, 2006

...but throw a fit, get a technical or stand on my hands." But there would be no gymnastics in Honolulu that evening, nor any display of Bob Knight-style chair throwing. The two squads ended...

Blog Entry | Conversation | December 27, 2005

Good guards, bad shooting and worse rules

Jay Bilas' weekend notebook discusses Dee Brown, Rajon Rondo and some ideas for the NCAA.

Story | Conversation | December 17, 2005

...don't think the age limit is fair when you consider that most other sports (hockey, baseball, gymnastics, tennis, soccer) don't have a limit. As far as the racial component, I am not one...

Blog Entry | Conversation | July 29, 2005

Selig feeling steroids heat

The most important component of Bud Selig's new plan for steroid testing is the third strike.

Story | Conversation | May 04, 2005

Free Pass

for gymnast paul hamm, winning the all-around in athens WAS HARD ENOUGH. NOW HE HAS TO DEFEND ITEVERY DAY OF HIS LIFE

Story | April 12, 2005

Chinese baseball needs a Yao Ming

Although baseball in China remains a work in progress, the country doesn't lack for ambition.

Story | Conversation | March 07, 2005