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Christie Blatchford, Toronto Sun	Steve Buffery, Toronto Sun	Bob Elliott, Toronto Sun
Ken Fidlin, Toronto Sun	Terry Jones, Edmonton Sun	Jim O'Leary, SLAM! Sports
Steve Simmons, Toronto Sun	Chris Stevenson, Ottawa Sun	Larry Tucker, Calgary Sun

August 5

• Larry Tucker: Good, bad and the ugly
• Terry Jones: Three cheers
• Christie Blatchford: Embrace all our athletes
• Steve Simmons: So long... and I won't be back
• Ken Fidlin: Silent treatment

August 4

• Jim O'Leary: Canada proves it's the fastest
  
• Chris Stevenson: The King . . . and Clara Hughes
• Larry Tucker: Winner a matter of definition
• Terry Jones: Why I won't be at the closing ceremonies
• Christie Blatchford: Winning for the sheer joy of it
• Steve Simmons: Here and there around the Olympics
• Ken Fidlin: Paddlers honor Canada with character

August 3

• Jim O'Leary: Bailey will huff, he'll puff, he'll try to blow the Yanks away
  
• Christie Blatchford: Swimmers water babes
• Steve Simmons: Carl Lewis steals the show
• Ken Fidlin: Canada's future comes into focus
• Terry Jones: Tuning in a walkman

August 2

• Jim O'Leary: The world gets a new fastest man -- in record time
  
• Chris Stevenson: Jackson hopes to hit for the cycle
• Terry Jones: Canadian heavyweight David Defiagbon headed for gold
• Larry Tucker: Golden opportunity tainted in Lewis' favor
• Christie Blatchford: Telegenic chicks vs. The Athletes
• Steve Simmons: Ya gotta be mean to make Olympics lean
• Ken Fidlin: Johnson's record run seals double

August 1

• Jim O'Leary: Smith victim of stooge-like planning
  
• Terry Jones: Canadian pride
• Chris Stevenson: Pride propels injured paddler to finish line
• Steve Simmons: One last surge of Bauer power
• Larry Tucker: Gramantik's running every step, too
• Christie Blatchford: Bombing suspect just a good ol' boy
• Ken Fidlin: Smith not dead yet

July 31

• Jim O'Leary: Sydor happy with Silver
  
• Chris Stevenson: Renn battles to forget past paddles
• Terry Jones: Mountain magic
• Christie Blatchford: America kicked pagan butt
• Larry Tucker: All for one
• Ken Fidlin: Mountain high
• Steve Simmons: Low point of games

July 30

• Jim O'Leary: Gone, but not without a show
  Politics keeping Walton from being sacrificial lamb
• Terry Jones: It will never be the same for Canada's medallists
• Larry Tucker: Janice McCaffrey: 'I did my best'
• Steve Simmons: World yawns at Bailey gold
• Christie Blatchford: Bailey stands test of time
• Ken Fidlin: One for the ages

July 29

• Jim O'Leary: Bailey truly a tale of two countries
• Ken Fidlin: Sneaky silver for B.C. boy
• Chris Stevenson: Local hero
• Christie Blatchford: Victory for our diversity
• Steve Simmons: Shunning the spotlight
• Terry Jones: Hail the rowers!

July 28

• Jim O'Leary: Bailey proved to be the calm in the eye of the storm
• Ken Fidlin: Explosion sobers Olympic spirit
• Chris Stevenson: Medal hunt just isn't the same
• Christie Blatchford: A moment of goodness
• Steve Simmons: Simply the best
• Terry Jones: Golden duo stands alone

July 27

• Jim O'Leary: Bailey starting to believe in himself
• Terry Jones: These Atlanta Olympic games aren't all bad
• Steve Simmons: World will stop for 10 seconds
• Ken Fidlin: Dubnicoff shattered by protest
• Christie Blatchford: Bailey's cream rises to the top

July 26

• Jim O'Leary: Let the Head Games begin
• Terry Jones: Why so glum, Canada?
• Chris Stevenson: Watch for Glenroy Gilbert
• Christie Blatchford: Hallett's real victory
• Steve Simmons: Olympic shame moves to woeful stadium
• Ken Fidlin: McBean and Heddle give life to this crew

July 25

• Jim O'Leary: Sew what? Troy Amos Ross -- that's what!
• Chris Stevenson: Cada's back in the paddle
• Christie Blatchford: Bailey holds no grudges
• Terry Jones: Tough loss for Canada in softball
• Larry Tucker: Strange paths to the rowboat
• Ken Fidlin: Dubnicoff armed with fiery will
• Steve Simmons: Silver has nice ring to it

July 24

• Jim O'Leary: Defiagbon proud to fight for Canada
• Christie Blatchford: Imagine: World without limits
• Steve Simmons: Fredericks content with low profile
• Chris Stevenson: Queen of repechage
• Larry Tucker: Canadian swimming: a team in crisis?

July 23

• Jim O'Leary: Gill's hunger misplaced
• Terry Jones: Field of dreams
• Steve Simmons: Palestinians run from past
• Christie Blatchford: Losing coming far too easy, eh!
• Ken Fidlin: How the other half lives

July 22

• Jim O'Leary: Laumann deep in choppy water
• Christie Blatchford: This hero wears a sling
• Steve Simmons: Myden medley a big hit
• Chris Stevenson: Jackson crashes and burns
• Larry Tucker: One for the team

July 21

• Jim O'Leary: On the buses -- an Atlanta situation comedy
• Christie Blatchford: Spectre of drugs hangs over pool
• Steve Simmons: Chaos is king in Atlanta
• Ken Fidlin: Stone cold in Hotlanta
• Chris Stevenson: James Ransom got on a bus to nowhere
• Terry Jones: First-day flops put old pal in spotlight
• Larry Tucker: The burning bus

July 20

• Jim O'Leary: Ali ignites passionless Opening Ceremonies
• Christie Blatchford: Torch touches black history
• Steve Simmons: Parade of nations the real golden moment
• Ken Fidlin: Malar has no time to be nervous
• Terry Jones: Sex, sand and sport
• Larry Tucker: March on Atlanta

July 19

• Jim O'Leary: Sprinter euphoria is in the air
• Christie Blatchford: Embracing the moment
• Steve Simmons: Greed causes games to fall from grace
• Larry Tucker: Stampede to Atlanta!
• Chris Stevenson: Annie gets her guns a-blazin'
• Ken Fidlin: Crooks to carry colors
• Terry Jones: Canada's golden era nears end

July 18

• Jim O'Leary: The Olympics: As it happens
• Steve Simmons: Bailey fiasco out of control
• Larry Tucker: One that got away
• Terry Jones: Silken on a mission
• Ken Fidlin: Trouble in Dixie land