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Oly sprinter Campbell-Brown suspended amid probe
Veronica Campbell-Brown's agent insists one of the cornerstones of Jamaica's wide-ranging sprint success "is not a cheat," even though the test ...
Bolt runs track-record 19.79 in 200 at Bislett
Piqued by suggestions of a possible decline, Usain Bolt responded with a blistering season debut at 200 meters and a track record at the Bislett Games
Texas A&M and Florida share NCAA men's title
A dropped baton cost the Texas A&M men an outright NCAA outdoor track and field team title. The Aggies' finished last in the 1,600-meter relay after ...
Stanford's Carter sets college 400 hurdle mark
English Gardner's wince became a smile at the NCAA track and field championships. The Oregon junior wore a broad grin as she crossed the finish line ...
Cash stolen from father of Usain Bolt in Jamaica
A day after a rare defeat for sprinter Usain Bolt, his father suffered another kind of loss back home in Jamaica. Thieves broke into the pickup truck ...
Rollins sets record in 100-meter hurdles
No sooner than Clemson junior Brianna Rollins set the collegiate record in the 100-meter hurdles, she was asked when she was going to break it.
Beaten by Gatlin, Bolt shows signs of slowing down
After five dominating years, Usain Bolt is showing signs of slowing down. The Jamaican lost by a hundredth of a second to American Justin Gatlin in ...
Gatlin edges Bolt by 0.01 seconds in Rome 100
Justin Gatlin beat Usain Bolt by a hundredth of a second Thursday night to win the 100 meters at the Golden Gala meet, the Jamaican's first ...
Gatlin of US edges Bolt in 100 meters in Rome
American sprinter Justin Gatlin handed world-record holder Usain Bolt a narrow defeat in the 100-meter race at the Golden Gala meet on Thursday.
Gatlin wins 100 at the Prefontaine Classic
Justin Gatlin and Mary Cain both defied their ages Saturday in the Prefontaine Classic. Gatlin won the 100 meters at the Diamond League meet in a ...
Sean Penn charity to sponsor Haitian runners
The Haiti humanitarian group founded by Hollywood actor Sean Penn announced Friday that it will sponsor five Haitian runners so they can compete in ...
'Truly Boston Strong' at show for marathon victims
The song "Come Together" their rallying cry, performers at a benefit concert for victims of the deadly Boston Marathon bombing had thousands of people ...
Adam Nelson to get 2004 gold in shot put
Nine years later, Adam Nelson can finally call himself an Olympic gold medalist. The American was officially elevated Thursday to shot put champion ...
Report: Pistorius fined for unpaid taxes
Oscar Pistorius was audited and fined for unpaid taxes after having to declare his assets during his bail hearing, a South African newspaper reported ...
Ethiopian marathon runner honors Boston victims
The winner of the men's race at the Boston Marathon says he is returning his winner's medal to honor the city and those killed and injured in the ...
Gay wins 100 at Adidas Grand Prix in New York
Tyson Gay accomplished all his goals at the Adidas Grand Prix: He won, put his body through the grind of rounds — and stayed injury-free. On a cold, ...
Boston suspect under scrutiny in unsolved killings
A year and a half before the Boston Marathon bombing, the man Tamerlan Tsarnaev called his best friend died in a grisly crime: He was one of three men ...
US sprinter Tyson Gay pulling back to push forward
Tyson Gay frets that he's cheating himself. He always ran all out at practice in the belief that pushing his body in workouts would make races seem ...
For 3, bomb suspect's friendship leads to charges
Just hours before one of the Boston Marathon suspects and his brother allegedly gunned down a campus police officer, authorities say he exchanged a ...
FBI: 3 removed backpack from Boston suspect's room
Three college friends of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were arrested and accused Wednesday of trying to protect him by going into ...
BAA: Support after attacks at race overwhelming
In the foyer of the Boston Athletic Association headquarters is the Champions' Trophy that documents the winners of the world's most prestigious ...
Friends of bombing suspect in immigration court
Lawyers for two men friendly with the Boston Marathon bombing suspect say their clients have been extensively interviewed by federal investigators.
Russia contacted US twice about Boston bomber
Two U.S. officials briefed on the Boston marathon investigation say the Russian government contacted the FBI and the CIA separately in 2011 with ...
From outsiders to bombing suspects in Boston
Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sought to embrace American lives after emigrating from Russia — joining a boxing club, winning a scholarship and even ...