The best images from the Games by the photographers of Sports Illustrated

The 2008 Beijing Games are a premier venue for state-of-the-art footwear technology

When hostilities broke out, the Israeli government rushed to limit its defense industry's ties with Georgia. That's because the Jewish State can't afford to annoy Russia

Iraq's Prime Minister is strengthening his hand in Washington and on the world stage

The country has regained its standing as the magnet for extremist volunteers, recruits and funding. What can be done to combat that attraction?

An ancient tar pit exposed when Venezuelan oil workers laid a pipeline has yielded a rich trove of fossils, including a type of saber-toothed cat that paleontologists had never found before in South America

His style worked in the spring but hurt him over the summer. In the fall, says Joe Klein, it might cost Obama the election