Hamm: I thought the gold's gone for sure By Seth Wickersham ESPN The Magazine ATHENS, Greece -- Hamm? No, Hamm was out of it. Everyone knew. The American had just taken his chance at a gold medal and tossed it like a stone into the Mediterranean, stumbling off the vault like a man stepping on his own shoe lace, nearly falling onto the judges' table the way basketball players do when trying to save a loose ball. His hopes were hopeless. Sure, Paul Hamm had pulled an Elway before, coming back from a separated shoulder last year to...