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Aaron shakes up US men's skating with 1st title
Patrick Chan might soon regret all those tips he's been giving Max Aaron. Short on experience and name recognition but long on skill and style, the ...
Lance Armstrong stripped of Olympic bronze medal
On the day he went public with an admission of doping after years of denials, Olympic officials disclosed one more embarrassment for Lance Armstrong: ...
AP sources: IOC strips Armstrong of Olympic medal
The IOC has stripped Lance Armstrong of his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics because of his involvement in doping, officials familiar with ...
Bode Miller skips World Cup season to rest knee
Bode Miller is known for his aggressive nature on the slopes, a hold-nothing-back approach that's led to plenty of success and spills. When it comes ...
American Pikus-Pace wins skeleton at Koenigsee
Noelle Pikus-Pace got her first World Cup win since 2004, beating two German sliders to the gold medal in a skeleton race on Friday. The American and ...
Douglas wins AP female athlete of the year honors
When Gabby Douglas allowed herself to dream of being the Olympic champion, she imagined having a nice little dinner with family and friends to ...
Column: Only 1 athlete of the year in 2012, Messi
'Tis the season for making merry and for choosing our top sports men and women of the year, two distinctly separate annual rituals that in fact ...
IOC strips 4 medals from 2004 Athens Olympics
Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because ...
Athletes lose medals; Armstrong decision pending
Eight years after winning Olympic medals in Athens, four track and field athletes from eastern Europe were ordered to hand them back Wednesday because ...
IOC ready to take away Armstrong's Olympic bronze
His seven Tour de France titles erased from cycling's record books, Lance Armstrong still holds claim to one piece of sports hardware — an Olympic ...
Phelps, Franklin big winners at Golden Goggles
In a year when she raced at the Olympics, Missy Franklin's greatest stress might come from deciding whether to compete for her high school team.
Obama, Maroney 'not impressed' photo spreads fast
Even McKayla Maroney was impressed. A photo of the Olympic gold medalist gymnast and President Barack Obama doing her now-famous "McKayla Maroney is ...
3-time gymnastics world champion Memmel retires
Chellsie Memmel is done with competitive gymnastics, this time for good. The three-time world champion and Olympic silver medalist announced her ...
BMW building a new 2-man sled for USBSF
The ultimate sliding machine may be on its way to the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation. BMW of North America announced Wednesday that it has been ...
Campbell, 1st black Olympic decathlon winner, dies
Milt Campbell, who became the first African-American to win the Olympic decathlon in 1956 and went on to play pro football and become a motivational ...
Lolo Jones picked for World Cup bobsled spot
Lolo Jones' international bobsled debut will come at the sport's highest level — the World Cup circuit. The Olympic hurdler was one of three women's ...
IOC opens inquiry into Armstrong's Olympic medal
The IOC opened an investigation Thursday into Lance Armstrong's role in a doping scandal that has already wiped out his seven Tour de France titles ...
AIBA lifts USA Boxing's 3-month suspension
Amateur boxing's international governing body on Thursday lifted the three-month suspension of USA Boxing that was imposed over its response to ...
Julich leaves Team Sky because of doping past
Former American rider Bobby Julich says he used banned drugs during the late 1990s when he finished third in the Tour de France, forcing him Thursday ...
Lolo Jones selected to US bobsled team
Lolo Jones showed up in Lake Placid three weeks ago, unsure where her first foray into bobsledding could lead. The answer might be another Olympics ...
Wambach, Morgan FIFA world player candidates
Olympic gold-medal winners Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd and Megan Rapinoe of the United States were among 10 candidates selected for the ...
Olympic star Missy Franklin commits to Cal
Olympic star Missy Franklin has verbally committed to attend the University of California, ending the pursuit of one of the most sought after swimming ...
IOC to wait for UCI before acting on Armstrong
The IOC will wait for cycling's governing body to act on Lance Armstrong's doping case before it considers taking away his Olympic bronze medal from ...
Modano tops list of new US Hockey Hall of Famers
Mike Modano made his mark long before he and the Minnesota North Stars relocated to Dallas and brought hockey to the Sun Belt. Once he got there in ...
Griner focused on senior season with champ Baylor
Brittney Griner watched the Olympics and wished she was there. Thanks to the WNBA draft lottery, she might know where she's going. Before Rio in 2016, ...