1.   Americans, as it turns out, were jeered and whistled at every turn in these Games, from the opening ceremony to the medal stand.

2.   And then, on the medals stand, Yagudin essentially crowned himself king of the hill.

3.   As controversy about the error roiled backstage at the Super Dome, the dominant Romanians were claiming every space on the medal stand.

4.   As Huish stood on the medal stand, the folks went nuts.

5.   Bela carrying wounded Kerri Strug onto the medal stand in Atlanta.

6.   But when the national anthem hit a crescendo Wednesday afternoon, the statuesque Williams stood at the top of the medal stand and wiped a tear from her eye.

7.   Do you throw a tarp over an entire team and direct them to take the medal stand in a monsoon?

8.   Even if Parsley never gets to the medal stand, she is better than an Olympic idol.

9.   Everyone loves those roundabout ways to get to that medal stand, not the straight-and-narrow.

10.   Everything was wonderful until they slowed down last autumn and began missing the World Cup medal stand.