To read stories that have appeared in newspapers and their websites … here you go.

The most recent is one that appeared in L.A. Daily News, on Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh winning the gold in a rain-drenched beach volleyball final.

The day before, tiny teen Charlotte Craig lost a semi-controversial match and fell out of the taekwondo tournament in the second round. This appeared in the Press Enterprise.

Two nights ago, I went to see the surprising (and still unbeaten) U.S. men’s volleyball team and talked with veteran middle blocker Ryan Millar, looking for his first medal in his third Olympics. This story appeared in the Antelope Valley Press.

And, the night before that I saw the U.S. baseball team play, and talked to a kid pitcher from Vista, Trevor Cahill for the North County Times. He is so into baseball, and so not into the Olympics (at the time) that he didn’t even know this was an Olympic year, before making the team.