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Still plenty to watch before Games close on Sunday
Jim Caple, ESPN.comBefore we bid goodbye to Beijing and begin the countdown to London, here are 10 final events to watch this weekend.
Story | Conversation | August 22, 2008Putting the ultimate Golden Ticket to astonishing usage
Jim Caple, Page 2As the owner of the Golden Ticket -- a media pass -- Jim decided to see how many Olympic events he could attend in one day.
Story | Conversation | August 18, 2008Slogan rings true at trials -- this is the hardest team to make
Jim Caple, ESPN.comAfter all the highs and lows of the U.S. track trials, the event again proved it's far more stressful than the Olympics. Just ask the athletes who finished fourth -- this is the hardest team to make.
Story | Conversation | July 06, 2008Young Hasay captures spotlight at U.S. trials
Jim Caple, ESPN.comJordan Hasay proved Friday night that she's not your typical 16-year-old. Will she make the Olympic team? Who knows? Stranger things have happened.
Story | Conversation | July 05, 2008Why did we have to wait so long for the trials to return to Pre Country?
Jim Caple, ESPN.comThank god, the drought is over. Where else would you want to hold the U.S. Olympic track trials other than "Track Town, USA"?
Story | Conversation | July 03, 2008No easy answer to question that won't be going away any time soon
Jim Caple, ESPN.comOscar Pistorius has brought the question into the spotlight and more athletes are asking the same question: Just what is a performance enhancer, anyway? Jim Caple finds there is no easy answer.
Story | Conversation | July 02, 2008Wind-aided? No, these performances were decibel-aided
Jim Caple, ESPN.comOutside of a deafening crowd at Hayward Field, our scribe won't forget Monday's 800-meter final for years to come.
Story | Conversation | July 01, 2008Better with age? Hartwig defies odds with Olympic berth
Jim Caple, ESPN.comJeff Hartwig isn't supposed to be at these trials, let alone qualify for a spot in Beijing. Yet the 40-year-old pole vaulter defied the odds Sunday at the U.S. Olympic trials.
Story | Conversation | June 30, 2008Wind or not, Gay's 100 performance was something special
Jim Caple, ESPN.comWind doesn't get in the way of most sports records. Track, however, is a different story. Still, Tyson Gay's big day at the U.S. trials was special.
Story | Conversation | June 29, 2008Will we ever be able to just enjoy track again?
Jim Caple, ESPN.comWho do you trust when watching a compromised sport like track and field? Jim Caple prefers to give athletes the benefit of the doubt. What's the point of even watching otherwise?
Story | Conversation | June 28, 2008Gay's scary moment just reminder of how fickle trials can be
Jim Caple, ESPN.comTyson Gay's slip-up in his first heat of the U.S. trials is just a reminder of the fickle nature of this event -- if you don't run your best here, you aren't going anywhere.
Story | Conversation | June 28, 2008U.S. curling team a team you can identify with
Jim Caple, ESPN.comIf you haven't watched curling in these Olympics, you're missing out. They are the athletes that are most like us.
Story | Conversation | February 19, 2006Welcome to the Ninth Annual Year That Wasn't
Jim Caple, Page 2Why let reality get in the way of our best memories of 2008? It's the Ninth Annual Year That Wasn't.
Story | Conversation | December 24, 2008
OTL: The Worst Year Ever
Jim CapleThink the last 12 months were rough? It could be worse. You could be a sports fan in Seattle.
Story | Conversation | December 19, 2008There isn't a swoosh to be found at this race
Jim Caple, Page 2Swedish models running in stiletto heels? Jim Caple didn't have to be asked twice to cover this race.
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