SLOC aims to vanish by year end
If all goes as planned, the Salt Lake Organizing Committee will shut its doors forever by the end of the year. Given that the 2002 Winter Games end Sunday, that may seem like an awfully long time to close the books on the $1.3 billion budget.

Russian Olympic officials threaten to pull athletes from games
Russia threatened to pull out of the Olympics on Thursday and South Korea said it might boycott the closing ceremony over a string of decisions against their athletes.

Olympic buses
Have you seen all the buses in town? As you can tell, they don't all belong to UTA! To provide transportation to the venues and to and from the numerous Park & Ride lots, SLOC called in buses from all over the country.
 

Jimmy Shea: Overcoming challenges
Olympic athletes often become role models to kids. Even before Jimmy Shea Jr. won a gold medal, he was an inspiration to thousands of kids who struggle with special challenges.
 

Salt Lake homeless see flaws in aid
They haven't been herded onto buses out of town or rounded up by police, but several of Salt Lake's homeless say they are feeling little more than cold comfort from the city's effort to provide shelter during the Olympics.

Rocky wants downtown glow to grow
Salt Lake Mayor Rocky Anderson is breathless these days, but he has no intention of slowing down — not now, and not after the Winter Games.

Kazakhstan team gets Utah embrace
The women's hockey team from Kazakhstan may have attended the 2002 Winter Games on a shoestring, but they received an outpouring of the Olympic spirit from Utah County residents and the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center.

Lost and found
We may have found one of the busiest places involved in the Olympics — the Spectator Lost and Found Center. Right now, the lost and found center has received nearly 6,500 lost items from the different Olympic venues.
 

Utahns sew some Oly spirit for Iranian team
LuAnne Gustafson, who owns an embroidery business, was heading to an evening wedding reception Feb. 7 when she got a desperate call for help.

Will Oly tourism discount pay off?
Like Utah's snowcapped mountains, brisk winter air and well-groomed ski trails? Come back and see it all again — this time in the summer.

Can venues earn cash?
So, just what do you do on a bobsled track, other than bobsled? One answer: Put wheeled bobsleds on it, allowing members of the public to spend part of their summer whipping down the run made famous during the 2002 Olympic Winter Games.

Welch gets 'thank-yous' for efforts to win Games
When Tom Welch and his family took their seats at Rice-Eccles Stadium for the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Games, other spectators nearby stood and clapped.

Nerve center pumps out results
In all of the excitement of the competition, you may have overlooked the fact that you get race results faster than ever before.

Junior high student becomes sports reporter

Group keeps warm camping overnight

House leader has few Oly jobs

Protests net just 5 arrests

National Guard Hotel 

Correction: Olympic massages

Japanese apologize for pointing rifle

Cauldron Pictures

Getting Olympic goods? Buyer, beware

Village clinic is treating old and new injuries

Kosovars want chance to compete in 2004

After the Games, venues to live on

Athens, Torino, Beijing call Salt Lake good place for Games

Deedee back for Games

Ohno threatened

Olympic daybook: Thursday's events

Olympic sound-off question

Olympic images

Olympic daybook: Friday's events

Olympics on TV for Thursday

Media watch

Games are pretty dry — in terms of snow, rain

Oly merchandise sales topping expectations

Tab will be $58 million more than expected

Olympics on TV for Thursday evening and Friday