You have a choice: Wait for NBC's nightly melodramatic mishmash of day-old Olympic highligts, or use the Net to find out what's happening in Sydney right now. We asked a multinational panel of The Mag's staffers and hangers-on to point us to the best online coverage of the Games.

Web Site	[+] Pluses	[-] Minuses
allafrica.com/sport	Afrocentric site covers athletes from 50 nations, including Mozambique track star Maria Mutola.	No sign of '80s Toto anthem, "Africa," which is now stuck in our heads.
bbc.co.uk/olympics	Get stroke-by-stroke updates on world-class rower Steve Redgrave. Learn history of Olympic cheating.	Leave it to the stuffy BBC to take all the fun out of the Games.
cnnsi.com/olympics	Easy access to rules, terminology and medal faves in every event. Nice historical context.	No wonder - SI predates the last Aussie Games in '56. Where are the Jenny Thompson pics?
foxsports.com/olympics	Great use of Fox video, plus a must-click link to cool Torch Tracker on sister site, ourolympics.com.	Too U.S.-focused. Once you click through to ourolympics.com, you'll never come back.
janecky.com/olympics	Corey and Laura did a nice job on this homemade site. We liked the national anthem links and the trivia quiz.	Mean old IOC rejected Corey and Laura's credential request, so don't expect many updates.
nbcolympics.com	Gold standard for news. Diaries by stars like Amy Chow. Aussie slang: cyclists = blokes with the pushies.	Too much info on NBC talent, too many Olympic Barbies for sale. Lump 'em into one category.
olympics.com	Great previews and country-by-country info. The FanM@il department lets you e-mail athletes.	Slow load! As much as we hate mascots, reading about Syd the Platypus makes us pine for Izzy.
online.bg	Bulgarian site will flip for rhythmic gymnastics, and there's heavy coverage of weightlifting and canoeing.	Hey, Bulgaria, get back to us when you qualify for the European Union.
sports.com/olympics	Finally, some international coverage! Find out who Alessandro Del Piero is, and check the latest odds.	Basketball and baseball listed as "other sports." Heathens.
smh.com.au/olympics	Aussie site is easier to digest than a Foster's Lager. Get e-mail updates, ticket news, scandals.	What's Australian for "ethnocentric"? Site asks: "Is Shirvo the world's fastest white man?"