20 August 2008, 12:38 am
For two weeks, the reporter and photographer from USA Today had followed Jessica Mendoza around, documenting her every move, taking notes, snapping photographs.... read more
19 August 2008, 10:50 pm
Nelly Rico often told her children that in America, the land of opportunity, they could be whatever they wanted to be. Nelly's baby boy — her little "Smurphy" — proved her right when the 31st-ranked wrestler won the gold medal in 121-pound freestyle wrestling at the Olympic Games... read more
19 August 2008, 10:03 pm
She walked to the border in high heels. "She thought it would be easy," said Henry Cejudo. "She thought it would be like Disneyland. She wore high heels, got all dressed up."... read more
19 August 2008, 9:15 pm
Their names were Denise, Carole, Cynthia and Addie Mae, and 45 years ago next month, on an overcast morning in Birmingham, Ala., their lives were taken as they prepared for a Sunday school program. A dynamite bomb, planted by thugs from the Ku Klux Klan, exploded outside the city's Sixteenth Street ... read more
19 August 2008, 8:59 pm
Beijing — As the son of undocumented immigrants draped himself in the U.S. flag and took a victory lap around the wrestling mat, Olympic champion Henry Cejudo forced us all to grapple with the notion that truth, justice and the United States way is not always as clearly defined as red, white and b... read more
19 August 2008, 5:08 pm
Dwyane Wade put his body through a grueling regimen of rehab to prove his naysayers wrong on the way to resurrecting Team USA's quest for gold.... read more
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