Ed Graney

When they speak of those who display greatness, of a state of superiority and possessing qualities better than all others, they rarely include any mention of regret. People shouldn’t have to apologize for being so good.

The distance between Sudan and Egypt is just over 1,000 miles, a journey that when followed by the path of the sun takes you along the River Nile past pyramids covered with sands of another time. It is excruciatingly hot. There is little vegetation. Just mile after mile of dunes and desert rock.

Love them. Hate them. Care nothing about them. The Los Angeles Lakers are about winning championships, or at least offering a roster that will have an opportunity most seasons. They do again today.

He sat down to write in a journal Thursday evening, overlooking the Olympic village and envisioning his voyage to it. Connor Fields wanted more than anything else to grasp the moment and how so many played a part in delivering him here. His friends, his family, his coaches past and present.

It has been described as the physical wearing out of a population and the deterioration of people that becomes a defining condition of their existence.

Greatness never has been an issue with women’s soccer in the United States, a side that most of the world has chased for 20 years now. Greatness wasn’t found in iconic Wembley Stadium on Thursday night. Resiliency was.