You cried when Celine Dion performed. You teared up at all the heart-tugging commercials. You wept like a baby when Simone Biles won not one, not two but three gold medals. And you aren’t alone. The ...

Chari Hawkins overcame the odds to make it to her first Olympics at age 33, but her chance at a fairy-tale ending in Paris seems to have slipped away Thursday in the second of seven heptathlon events.

One thing about me? I cry at all lifecycle events. Weddings, bat mitzvahs, proposals, gender reveals, surprise military homecomings, you name it, I'm shedding a few tears. But the waterworks have been ...