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Voices from Sydney


Throughout the Summer Games in Sydney SportsLine.com will bring you question-and-answer sessions with U.S. athletes Lisa Leslie and Gary Hall, Jr. as well as commentary from CBS Sports' Billy Packer.

Shareef Abdur-Rahim 
Shareef Abdur-Rahim(Allsport) 

Gary Hall, Jr. 
Gary Hall, Jr.(Allsport) 

Lisa Leslie 
Lisa Leslie(Allsport) 

Billy Packer 
Billy Packer(Provided to SportsLine) 

SHAREEF ABDUR-RAHIM
A member of the men's basketball Dream Team, Shareef Abdur-Rahim is participating in his first Olympic Games. The four-year NBA veteran of the Vancouver Grizzlies shares his Olympic journal with SportsLine.com.

  • Sept. 22: Abdur-Rahim describes Olympic life in Sydney

GARY HALL, JR.
Two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Gary Hall Jr. takes some time from his schedule to answer questions about the 2000 Sydney Games. Swimming will be a hotly contested event in this year's Olympics, and Hall will be in the thick of things. He will be competing against Russia's Alexander Popov for 'fatest man in water' honors in the 50- and 100-meter freestyle, and he'll also swim in the 4x200 and 4x100 freestyle relays and 4x100 medley relay. See what Hall has to say about the Games, Australia and more in our Question and Answer sessions with him.

  • Sept. 26: Hall talks about his gold medals and his Olympic experience
  • Sept. 16: Hall talks about his diabetes and competition
  • Sept. 14: Hall talks about Australia and the Olympic Village

LISA LESLIE
Lisa Leslie, a 1996 Olympic gold medalist and star of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks, will try and lead the U.S. women's basketball team to a repeat of its success in Atlanta. Leslie will take time in between games and practices to answer questions for SportsLine.com.

  • Oct. 1: Leslie talks about winning her second gold medal
  • Sept. 26: Leslie says who would play on her Dream Team
  • Sept. 22: Leslie talks about winning her first gold medal in Atlanta
  • Sept. 20: Leslie talks about the Olympic Village and her team practices

BILLY PACKER
CBS Sports analyst Billy Packer will be in Sydney commentating on U.S. men's basketball. See what he has to say in the upcoming weeks about Dream Team basketball and other events.

  • Oct. 4: Women have answers, men pose questions in Sydney
  • Sept. 30: Lithuania's team play, effort deserving of gold medal
  • Sept. 29: Defense-strong U.S. team on the defensive
  • Sept. 26: Unimpressive win lands U.S. in medal round
  • Sept. 24: Packer says USA on way to unspectacular gold
  • Sept. 22: Packer says USA lacks passion, pride in close win
  • Sept. 20: Packer says sportsmanship will be measure of USA's success
  • Sept. 18: Packer reports from the Dream Team's first game
  • Sept. 15: Packer previews the men's Olympic basketball competition