2008 Woodie Awards
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LAS VEGAS-After the first practice of the U.S. Olympic basketball team, Chris Bosh was seated in a folding chair about 10 feet from Deron Williams and marveling at how two guys who grew up about 30 miles from each other in the greater Dallas area are now part of the national team.
EUGENE, Ore.-The Nike slogan that this city was "Home of the Hardest Team to Make" got the perfect visual when Kansas State graduate Christian Smith dived at the finish line of the men's 800 meters. A stack of promotional photographs showing the end of that final-contested a week ago here at the place they call "Track Town"-sat near the cash registers of the Nike store inside the Hayward Field compound.
OMAHA, Neb.-Ken Treadway was picking at a cluster of mixed greens when the topic of Michael Phelps came up. Could Phelps actually do it? Could he break the most prized record in swimming: Mark Spitz's seven gold medals in the 1972 Olympics? Treadway looked toward two of the men sitting with him at a riverfront restaurant.