Latest Lisa Olson Stories

• Despite Changes, 49ers May Be Doomed
• By Lisa Olson 12/27/2010 7:46 PM ET
• SAN FRANCISCO -- They don't need much. Just a head coach whose motivational skills equal his experience, a general manager who has unfettered run of the team, a quarterback who's not ... More »
• • 12 Comments
• Giants Loss Inexplicable and Costly
• By Lisa Olson 12/19/2010 8:21 PM ET
• EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The new Miracle at the New Meadowlands ended with a teasing, hot-dogging, look-back-at-the-carnage trot along the goal line as the clock ran out. Can you blame DeSean ... More »
• • 10 Comments
• LeBron James Glad He's Not a Part of It, New York, New York
• By Lisa Olson 12/17/2010 11:39 PM ET
• NEW YORK -- What could have been walked into Madison Square Garden early Friday evening, said hello to a few reporters and asked if we were ready for a wild night. Oh, yes. LeBron James was eager ... More »
• • 25 Comments
• Bo Knows Auburn Heisman Trophies
• By Lisa Olson 12/12/2010 12:55 AM ET
• NEW YORK – If Cam Newton's shamed father Cecil couldn't be here, at least there was a suitable stand-in. Vincent Edward "Bo" Jackson laughed when someone wondered if he'd ever before been a ... More »
• • 6 Comments
• Short of Kilimanjaro Summit, Martina Navratilova Still Conquering Boundaries
• By Lisa Olson 12/10/2010 7:00 PM ET
• Fear, Martina Navratilova was saying the other day, is always bigger than the act. She used to dread flying, so she got her pilot's license. Drowning terrified her, so she learned to scuba dive. ... More »
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• Fans Get Ugly, Irrational Over Missed Kicks
• By Lisa Olson 12/03/2010 7:17 PM ET
• PHOENIX – As of Friday afternoon, there were seven new Facebook pages devoted to Alex Zendejas, and depending on which side of the divide you straddle, the University of Arizona kicker is either ... More »
• • 6 Comments
• Giants' Parade Offers Sweet Smell of Improbable Championship
• By Lisa Olson 11/03/2010 10:19 PM ET
• SAN FRANCISCO -- They came to the home upon the hill, hundreds and hundreds of thousands bedecked in orange, their cheeks slightly sunburned, their mouths still agape. It was as if the Chinese New ... More »
• • 14 Comments
• San Francisco Parties Its Heart Out
• By Lisa Olson 11/02/2010 1:47 PM ET
• SAN FRANCISCO -- "You go, girl!" And with that simple utterance, more than five decades of heartache and frustration yielded to jubilation and exhilaration, because there on the large TV screens ... More »
• • 3 Comments
• Giant Sense of Moment Has San Francisco Halfway to Crown
• By Lisa Olson 10/29/2010 3:09 AM ET
• SAN FRANCISCO -- To call them castoffs or misfits seems almost condescending now. It makes the Giants sound as if they've been scraped from the bottom of a bin at the local Dollar Tree. But Bruce ... More »
• • 4 Comments
• Out of Nowhere, Cliff Lee Rocked in 'Unacceptable' Game 1 Disaster
• By Lisa Olson 10/28/2010 3:17 AM ET
• SAN FRANCISCO -- Sometimes the game of baseball throws a wicked curve. Sometimes a dead-set certainty turns into a pile of mush. Sometimes even an icon who thinks he's seen it all ends up scratching ... More »
• • 66 Comments
• Texas, Tortured Giants Should Translate Into Classic Fall Drama
• By Lisa Olson 10/24/2010 3:25 AM ET
• PHILADELPHIA -- Pay no attention to the snobs and pessimists who mourn what might have been. They grieve for a World Series rematch between the Yankees and the Phillies, the best two teams this side ... More »
• • 88 Comments
• Yankees Toughen Up, Scramble Back Into ALCS With Game 5 Win
• By Lisa Olson 10/21/2010 12:14 AM ET
• NEW YORK -- He slid wildly toward the blue wall, heading straight for disaster. Knocked hard on his back after slipping on a skating rink masquerading as a dirt warning track, Lance Berkman lay there ... More »
• • 13 Comments
• Weird Night Puts Yankees One Loss Away From Elimination
• By Lisa Olson 10/20/2010 3:42 AM ET
• NEW YORK -- There was something in the air here Tuesday night and we're not quite sure what it was. Powdered peyote, perhaps? More of those mysterious UFOs that circled the skies above Chelsea last ... More »
• • 5 Comments
• Cliff Lee's Brilliance, ALCS Hole No Reason for Yankee Fans to Panic
• By Lisa Olson 10/19/2010 2:53 AM ET
• NEW YORK -- They played Game 7 of the 2010 World Series here Monday night. It was classic October baseball, a ludicrously entertaining duel between two of the most successful postseason pitchers ever. ... More »
• • 121 Comments
• Duel of Aces Doesn't Materialize as Misfit Giants Carry the Day in Philadelphia
• By Lisa Olson 10/17/2010 2:10 AM ET
• PHILADELPHIA -- So no jersey or game ball will be making its way to Cooperstown. Doc didn't throw another gem, and the Freak failed to make your jaw hit the floor. It wasn't quite the pitching duel we ... More »
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• Kerry Wood Touches Down Safely in Yankees' Wild Universe
• By Lisa Olson 10/14/2010 1:49 PM ET
• NEW YORK -- He weaves his way through the crowds and the cameras without much notice, stepping around discarded piles of tape and over some dirty towels and through a scrum of media types who are ... More »
• • 3 Comments
• Tough Questions, No Answers as Twins Wilt in New York Again
• By Lisa Olson 10/10/2010 2:37 AM ET
• NEW YORK -- And so ends another chapter in one of baseball's most perplexing sagas. Some might call it downright embarrassing, the way the otherwise classy and entertaining Minnesota Twins always ... More »
• • 14 Comments
• Kellen Moore the Megahumble Megastar
• By Lisa Olson 9/23/2010 6:37 PM ET
• BOISE, Idaho -- They are talking about Dinah, a ghost who is said to roam the halls of the Communication Building. Supposedly, Dinah mischievously turns on computers after they've been switched ... More »
• • 2 Comments
• Simply Winning Isn't Good Enough for Boise State
• By Lisa Olson 9/19/2010 1:26 AM ET
• LARAMIE, Wyo. – They don't give extra credit for style, but Austin Pettis went ahead with the somersault anyway, his body flipping head over heels in the end zone, a silly stunt guaranteed ... More »
• • 17 Comments
• If Fate Can Intervene, 9/11 Tribute Horse Aces Mark Will Reign Supreme
• By Lisa Olson 9/10/2010 8:17 PM ET
• NEW YORK -- Fate has to be pulling a few strings here. The horse, a 6-year-old gelding that not too long ago was given little chance of racing again, is called Aces Mark, and he is entered in ... More »
• • 2 Comments
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