Decision to share gold may bring new problems
Pandora, meet the Olympics. The brouhaha over pairs skating at the 2002 Winter Games exploded Friday when gold medals were given to Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier after a probe showed evidence of wrongdoing on a judges panel.

Crime isn't up — it's down
At the halfway point for the Olympics, local law enforcement officers are saying so far, so good. In fact just about every agency along the Wasatch Front says, from a police standpoint, the Olympics have been pleasantly uneventful.

Halfway Home: Dare we say it's going great?
With eight days of competition left for the 2002 Winter Games — the halfway mark to Salt Lake City's Olympic finish line — there have been few wrinkles in security plans or sporting venue operations.

W.V. businesses suffering
West Valley City merchants have a message for locals scared away by Olympic traffic fears: Come back. Now. Please.

Pin trading
The most often-asked question of the Olympics is, "Do you have any pins?" Pin trading is a huge past-time during the Games, and not just here! Olympic pins first showed up at the Los Angeles Games in 1984. Since then, they've become an obsession for people all over the world.
 

Ice artisans race against the sun
Sculptors were busy Friday with Styrofoam and duct tape at probably the only Olympic event where it's OK to bring along a chain saw and a variety of sharp blades.

Games put glow in teen's life
After a year of undergoing and recovering from risky surgery, then incomprehensibly difficult radiation and chemotherapy treatments to rid his brain of the cancerous tumor that threatened to shorten his young life, running the Olympic torch along four blocks in Brooklyn, N.Y., was a dream come true for Jason Black.

Delta is missing Oly exposure
Olympic visitors can scour the official guide map for hours without finding one of the best-known buildings in Salt Lake City. Although it's the site of figure skating and short-track speedskating, the Delta Center officially doesn't exist during the Winter Games.

Proselyters from afar share their faith
Drawn by a dream of Olympic glory for God, they have come by the thousands from all over the United States and several foreign nations to compete with skepticism, materialism, egoism and commercialism.

IOC chief Rogge wins praise, too — as a new action hero
Jean-Claude Van Damme, forget it. Steven Seagal, find another line of work. Arnold, Sly, Bruce and the rest of you tough guys, go play with your toys. There's a new action hero in town.

Latvian Olympic update: Latvian anthem
Time for our daily Latvian Olympic update-- since Latvia is KSL's adopted Olympic Team. Today's cultural lesson is about how to sing the Latvian national anthem, when you don't speak the language.
 

Ceremony for duplicate gold moved up to Sunday
Jamie Sale and David Pelletier will get their gold medals in pairs skating on Sunday night, four days earlier than expected.

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Gold medal in sports medicine

These skiers seldom see snow

Medal security so tight 007 couldn't crack it

Olympic sound-off question

Weekly Reader's eyes on the Olympics

Oly trash is big challenge

Volunteer police say they're left out in the cold

Games' brightest stars light up party

BYU language hotline earns a 'gold medal'

Upbeat Austrians make a pitch for '10

Unfortunately, magnificent McKay isn't at top of his game

Media Watch

Olympic postcard

Olympics on TV

Olympic daybook: Saturday's events

Jell-O for Woody