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Men's 100 starts with Bolt, Blake ... and Gatlin
All anyone's talking about ahead of the men's 100 meters is the showdown between Olympic champion Usain Bolt and world champion Yohan Blake, a pair ...
Sub-11 no big deal on fast day at Olympics
Back in the day — or back before these Olympics, anyway — a woman running the 100-meter dash in less than 11 seconds was something to get excited ...
Jamaicans eye solid-gold party on London home turf
The Jamaicans of London have got their soul food sizzling, their Red Stripe on ice and their expectations sky high. They're ready for what they hope ...
Ennis sets record for heptathlon hurdles
Talk about your crowd pleasers. In an opening session of Olympic track unlike any in recent memory, heptathlete Jessica Ennis and a handful of her ...
EYES ON LONDON: A downpour - and who will medal?
___ IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING Bound to happen. These Olympics are in London, after all. And the first serious rain of the athletics competition hit ...
Some other things to watch for at Olympic track
There's little doubt that Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake will get plenty of attention at the London Games, where the athletics — aka track and ...
US showdown with Jamaicans begins with women's 100
The only way for the United States to turn the Olympic sprints into a real rivalry with Jamaica is to start winning every now and then. When the women ...
Bolt, Blake could seize London Olympics spotlight
By the time Usain Bolt's showboating, record-breaking, gold-gobbling act on the track got revved up at the Beijing Games four years ago, Michael ...
Drop that Pimms! Brand patrol on guard in London
Perhaps we should have seen this coming. Back in 2007, a butcher at the Fantastic Sausage Factory in the quaint English county of Dorset was told to ...
Olympic houses turn London into global party
Russia wants to knock your socks off. Denmark is stylish and sophisticated. Ireland is up for a party — on a budget. There are more than 200 countries ...
Gay's full attention on Bolt and Blake in 100
Tyson Gay fell asleep in the stands while watching LeBron James & Co. play France, a moment captured in a picture by a teammate who posted it on ...
New rule makes first bolt from blocks a no-no
Warning: At these Olympics, sprinters will get no warnings. Under the zero-tolerance false-start rule in place for the London Games, a sprinter's ...
Oldest 100-meter champ honored in London
The oldest 100-meter Olympic champion is back in London for the games — only this time as a celebrated athlete, not a scrawny kid from Cleveland who ...
Olympics awash in Twitter, for better or worse
It's amazing how much trouble can be stirred up in 140 characters. But also how much intimacy, excitement, global scope and, yes, general zaniness.
Usain Bolt says bad back has caused problems
Usain Bolt fessed up. It was his back. The Olympic champion said Thursday a bad back has been causing him hamstring problems, leading to a pair of ...
Cool Britannia: London to wow with opening show
London, blow our minds. The world city that needs no introduction but could do with an Olympic-sized pick-me-up in the midst of economic recession ...
Olympics 2012: Year of the Woman
Claressa "T-Rex" Shields gives new meaning to the term girl power. The 17-year-old middleweight from Flint, Mich., is known for powerful combos and ...
Bolt not around as Jamaicans allow peek into camp
The side of the track was packed with school kids waving tiny Jamaican flags and jamming to the blaring tunes of Bob Marley. They were waiting in the ...
5 Olympic things to know for Tuesday
Here's what to watch for at the London Olympics on Tuesday: ___ 1. LONDON SWELLS WITH OLYMPIC ARRIVALS Three days before the games officially begin, ...
Wanna bet? Gambling on the London Olympics
What are the odds of a UFO sighting during the London Olympics opening ceremony? Or of the final torch bearer tripping as they ascend to light the ...
IOC strips Crystal Cox of 2004 relay gold medal
American runner Crystal Cox was stripped of her gold medal from the 4x400-meter relay at the 2004 Athens Olympics on Saturday after admitting to ...
London countdown and doping cases on IOC agenda
The lords of the rings are in town to check on the last-minute preparations for the London Games and examine several doping cases dating back to ...
Phelps, Bolt unlikely to be as dominant as Beijing
Michael Phelps, in the pool, raising a fist. Usain Bolt, on the track, slapping his chest. They are the two indelible images of the 2008 Beijing ...
Coe drums up Olympic fever for London Games
Sebastian Coe strides onto the outdoor stage like a rock star. With music blaring, cameras clicking and flags waving, he's introduced to the cheering ...