Good Reads:

Corny new Good Reads feature for the Olympics... The three stories of the day will get... that's right... gold, silver and bronze. Not a fastic day to start with though. The gold and silver stuff is great. I was scraping for bronze.

The Medalists

GOLD: When Dan Shaughnessy isn't being cynical and bitter, he's still excellent. Today is one of those days. His story on Pat White, a 13-year-old baseball player battling cancer is outstanding.

SILVER: I know we've had Termite Watkins stories already, but this is a good one.

BRONZE: The Washington Post introduces us to Dana Vollmer, an Olympic swimmer with heart problems and Lauren Williams, one of the USA's best women sprinters.

From Greece

The Dallas Morning News has its own DanaVollmer story.

Jeff Jacobs rambles a little, but overall I enjoyed his first person thoughts on this Olympics' mix or suspicion, uneasiness and wonder.

Mike Wilbon gets a feel for how old Greece really is.

The Dallas Morning News adds its own atmosphere piece.

ESPN's Greg Garber on families with two Olympians.

This story is more than a little messed up with Romeo and Juliet overtones.

The Rest

Mitch Albom, I'm pretty sure, used to write about sports.