Christine Brennan - Christine Brennan is a sports columnist for USA Today, an ABC News and ESPN commentator, and an NPR Morning Edition contributor.
She has covered 12 consecutive Olympic Games and will be in Beijing in August. She was the first woman sports writer at The Miami Herald, the first woman to cover the Washington Redskins as a staff writer at The Washington Post, and the first president of the Association for Women in Sports Media.
She is the author of seven books, including Best Seat in the House and Inside Edge.
Harrison Dillard - Harrison Dillard is an American athlete, the only male so far to win Olympic titles in both sprinting and hurdling events.
Harrison Dillard, born in Cleveland, Ohio, he entered Baldwin-Wallace College in 1941 and joined Pi Lambda Phi International Fraternity, and two years later was drafted into the Army. He returned to college in 1946 and resumed athletics, to which he had been inspired by Jesse Owens, who was also from Cleveland and attended East Technical High School as well.
He won the NCAA and AAU 120-yard and 220-yard hurdles in both 1946 and 1947 and he tied world records in both events with a 22.3 in the 220 in 1946 and a 13.6 in the 120.
Jeremy Schaap - Jeremy Schaap is a sportswriter, television reporter, author, and host of Outside the Lines, an award-winning sports news and interviews program on ESPN.
He is a regular contributor to Nightline and ABC World News Tonight, and he has written for Sports Illustrated, ESPN The Magazine, Time, Parade, and The New York Times.
He is the author of Cinderella Man: James J. Braddock, Max Baer, and the Greatest Upset in Boxing History and Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics.
John Walsh - John A. Walsh is executive vice president and executive editor of ESPN Inc. and the ESPN Internet Group.
He oversaw the launch of ESPN The Magazine and ESPN Radio and was instrumental in developing the news and information elements of ESPN2.
He is also responsible for all creative development and editorial direction for ESPN.com, NFL.com, ABCSports.com, and Soccernet.
He was founding editor of the original Inside Sports magazine, and he also served as managing editor of U.S. News & World Report and Rolling Stone. He has edited three sports books, including The Heisman: A Symbol of Excellence.
Andrew Zimbalist - Andrew Zimbalist is the Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics at Smith College and the top sports economist in the country.
An expert on baseball economics and the sports industry, he has consulted for players associations, cities, companies, and leagues.
He has also published numerous articles, essays, and books, including Baseball and Billions, National Pastime: How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer, and Equal Play: Title IX and Social Change.
Previously, he consulted in Latin America for many companies and government agencies.
Olympic sprinter Harrison Dillard, sports economics professor Andrew Zimbalist, and ESPN Executive Vice President John Walsh discuss ways politicians and athletes can participate in the Games without condoning China's human rights record.
