From tragedy to triumph The U.S. volleyball men have captured Olympic gold for the first time in 20 years, defeating Brazil 3-1 and celebrating with coach Hugh McCutcheon, whose father-in-law had been killed in Beijing.
WCNC reporter Diana Rugg began swimming in kindergarten and went on to become a two-time All-American in high school. She'll be following the Olympic swimming events in her blog.

All Olympic merchandise is marked down. Act now, because when it's gone…it's gone!

The Whitewater Center in Charlotte hosted the Olympic Trials for whitewater slalom kayak/canoe. Check out these images from the three-day event.

Hunter Kemper tells how cool it was to be featured on his own box of the famous cereal

For the first time since 1984, the U.S. women's eight wins an Olympic gold medal.

A journey through China's many splendors. From the limestone towers of Guilin to the Shaolin monks of Dengfeng with pandas idling between, China awaits.

Look back at the battle between Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson.

Catch Michael Phelps' closest Beijing race from a whole new view.