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AP photographers captured the year in sports
From London to Los Angeles, Miami to Medinah and just about everywhere else imaginable, Associated Press photographers captured countless images from ...
Michael Phelps voted AP male athlete of year
Now that he's away from the pool, Michael Phelps can reflect — really reflect — on what he accomplished. Pretty amazing stuff. "It's kind of nuts 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 ...
Bolt, Felix named IAAF World Athletes of the Year
Usain Bolt won the IAAF World Athlete of the Year award for the fourth time Saturday after defending his 100 and 200 meter gold medals at last ...
'SNL' parodies VP debate with help from Usain Bolt
"Saturday Night Live" parodied the vice presidential debate with a little help from the world's fastest man. Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt dropped by ...
Bolt says he'll defend sprint titles in Rio
Usain Bolt will aim for a three-peat of Olympic sprint titles in the 100 and 200 meters at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, rather than trying out a new ...
Robinson helps No. 19 Michigan top Air Force 31-25
Denard Robinson was spectacular, accounting for 426 yards of offense and four touchdowns. It almost wasn't good enough to help No. 19 Michigan avoid ...
Merritt sets world record in 110 hurdles
Aries Merritt already had the Olympic gold, so there was only one way to make this season even more special. And in his last — near-perfect — ...
Merritt of US sets world record in 110 hurdles
Olympic champion Aries Merritt of the United States set a world record of 12.80 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles on Friday, upstaging Usain Bolt's ...
Column: History-maker Pistorius a hypocrite, too?
Imagine if an athlete checked into a clinic to get his legs artificially lengthened, then came back to beat Usain Bolt over 200 meters on surgically ...
Prosthetics could help disabled outdo Olympians
Oscar Pistorius made history last month when he became the first double-amputee to compete at the Olympics. While the South African "Blade Runner" ...
Yohan Blake runs 9.69 in 100 meters at Lausanne
Yohan Blake matched the fastest 100-meter time run by anyone other than Usain Bolt, finishing in 9.69 seconds Thursday to win the Athletissima Diamond ...
A Pick 6 of NFL teams that could use Usain Bolt
Now that the Olympics are over, there's one very fast young man looking at one very long layoff before resurfacing in Rio in four years. Hey, Usain ...
Column: London done, so prepare for circus in Rio
IOC President Jacques Rogge still can't figure out what to call Usain Bolt, so here's hoping he gets another Olympics to sort it out. There's just ...