Gallery

My New York Times colleague Jere Longman and I near the 2004 Olympic Stadium in Athens as it was under construction.

In the Sochi Olympic Stadium just before the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Talking about Yuna Kim with Korean TV at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

The press conference after the IOC 2016 bid evaluation commission's visit to Chicago.

The IOC board room became a temporary press room during a 2008 Executive Board meeting.  I got the President's spot.

My golden moment on "Meet the Olympic Press" at 2010 Winter Games.

Eavesdropping in Istanbul as Chicago 2016 CEO Pat Ryan does interview.

In front of the Bird's Nest a year before the 2008 Olympics.

Press credentials are a colorful record of my work life.

A line from my story illustrates "Scribes and Mikemen" exhibit at the Baseball Hall of Fame.

With El Comandante at the Palace of the Revolution in 1987.

Poster for 2011 appearance at the American School in London.

In the scrum interviewing Thomas Bach after he was elected IOC President in 2013.

Doing an interview with MSNBC's Kate Snow on the Russian doping scandal.

Checking out the state of the Bird's Nest in Beijing two years before the 2008 Olympics.

I had the front-page story on the Bears' Super Bowl win.

Running a leg of the Olympic torch relay at the 1994 Winter Games in Norway.

Commemorating my 30 years at the Tribune.

When I went to Iran for stories prior to the 1998 men's World Cup, I realized a long-held dream of visiting Persepolis.