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Montoya wins Cup pole at Watkins Glen
Juan Pablo Montoya prefers running up front, and it grates on him when he doesn't. For the second straight week, he has no reason to beat himself up ...
Spain wins dramatic Olympic sailing gold
It's a skipper's worst-case scenario, and it happened in the Olympics with a gold medal at stake. Trying to earn the top spot on the podium in women's ...
From Oscar's Olympics to Pistorius' Paralympics
As he left Olympic Stadium, Oscar Pistorius stopped for a moment and looked back. The double-amputee runner turned to take in the crowd of 80,000 and ...
Female Syrian Olympic hurdler DQ'd for doping
A female hurdler from Syria was kicked out of the London Olympics on Saturday after failing a drug test. The IOC said 400-meter hurdler Ghfran ...
Bolt is back! Jamaican goes for 3rd gold in London
Usain Bolt took a day off and let his teammates do the work. They gave Bolt a chance for another triple sweep. The World's Fastest Man returns to ...
Want an Olympian's nightstand? It's on sale here
You're in bed. You reach over to turn out the light, and you are turning off the exact same light Michael Phelps turned off the night before he won ...
Tiger Woods shares lead at PGA Championship
In the 55 years since the PGA Championship switched over to stroke play, there has never been a tougher round than Friday at Kiawah Island. One score ...
Judge questions USADA, Armstrong lawyers
A federal judge had tough questions for U.S. anti-doping officials about the fairness of their effort to prove seven-time Tour de France winner Lance ...
Column: Pistorius 'wins' despite no Olympic medal
By the time Oscar Pistorius got the baton he was so far behind that he wasn't going to catch the pack on the final lap, even if the carbon-fiber ...
Bahamas snaps US winnng streak in men's 4x400
When it comes to the 4x400-meter Olympic relay, the American men aren't used to being overtaken at the end, the way Angelo Taylor was Friday night.
Lysenko sets Olympic record to win hammer gold
Tatyana Lysenko of Russia set an Olympic record to win the hammer throw, an event final that was marred by a technical problem on Friday night.
US heading for win over China in both medals races
With a surge of medals in track and field, the United States has sprinted ahead of China and is poised to finish atop the medals table at the London ...
US, Jamaica advance easily in Olympic relay
Members of the American 4x100 relay team left the Olympic track Friday believing anything's possible — maybe even a win over Usain Bolt. With Justin ...
US wrestler Burroughs comes through with gold
A year ago, Jordan Burroughs changed his Twitter handle to (at)alliseeisgold. On Thursday, Burroughs promised to tweet a picture of himself holding ...
US breaks 27-year-old record in women's 4x100
Pointing the baton at the clock showing the world-record time of 40.82 seconds, Carmelita Jeter anchored the United States on Friday night to its ...
Defar upstages Dibaba to win Olympic 5,000 gold
Meseret Defar upstaged fellow Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba to win the Olympic 5,000 meters Friday night. Defar, the 2004 Olympic champion, overtook ...
Burroughs of the US wins Olympic wrestling gold
American Jordan Burroughs has won the men's 74-kg freestyle, beating Iran's Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi 1-0, 1-0 to give the U.S. its first wrestling gold ...
US, Jamaica reach women's 4x400-meter relay final
The United States and Jamaica advanced to the Olympic final of the women's 4x400-meter relay Friday night. Both high-profile teams easily won their ...
Muslim woman 1st to ref Olympic beach volleyball
The dancers are dressed to titillate, and the players wear even less: bikinis that reveal every movement of their muscles as they dig and dive for the ...
Aussies, Kiwis beat British for sailing golds
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie! And don't forget the Kiwis. A gold medal went to each side of the Tasman Sea on Friday in a dominating showing from Down Under ...
Guam swimmer far behind _ but at least he finishes
Benjamin Schulte could've quit. Wanted to, in fact. "Around the second-to-last lap, I was just like, 'Man, I've still got two laps to go,'" he said, ...
Secret Weapon: Gold medalist in '48 returns
When the U.S. men play Argentina on Friday night, one 89-year-old basketball fan promises to cheer louder than anyone else. He's Ray Lumpp, and this ...
Footloose! Olympic athletes unleash victory dances
From the track to the ring to the sandpit, this crop of Olympians just can't stop the beat. The London Games have brought an outpouring of crazy, ...
Colombia's Pajon wins Olympic gold in BMX cycling
Former world champion Mariana Pajon won the women's BMX competition, giving Colombia its first gold at the London Olympics on Friday. Pajon, her ...
Rio getting ready for its Olympic turn
A Victoria's Secret model, a street sweeper and a rap star. It's an eclectic trio, and Rio de Janeiro thinks putting them together will give the world ...