The biggest moment of any Olympic opening ceremony happens when the torch, first lit in Olympia, Greece, makes its way into the Olympic Stadium and lights the caldron to officially start the Games.

Nearly every family has one: The eccentric old relative stashed away in a corner. The person everyone tends to ignore and conveniently forget about. Atlanta, meet yours: The 1996 Olympic caldron.

Blimey, the hosts of the Olympics could not have committed a sillier gaffe if they let London Bridge fall down. Who hid the Olympic caldron? “It was not created to be a tourist attraction,” sniffed ...

The 12-foot-tall glass caldron that will cradle the Olympic flame for the duration of the Winter Games in Salt Lake City next month is the brainchild of Universal City-based Wet Design, a firm whose ...