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September 23, 2016

US Olympic sports lag on minority, women hiring

The U.S. Olympic Committee and the sports it oversees are behind the curve when it comes to placing women and minorities in ...

September 23, 2016

Ed Temple dies: Coached Wilma Rudolph to Olympic gold medals

Ed Temple, the former Tennessee State track and field coach whose Tigerbelles won 13 Olympic gold medals and helped break ...

September 20, 2016

Tyson Gay in the field for USA bobsled push championships

Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay is entered in this week's USA Bobsled National Push Championships, making him the latest track ...

September 18, 2016

Paralympics: China's Zou Lihong wins wheelchair marathon

Chinese wheelchair racer Zou Lihong captured her third medal and first individual gold of the Rio Paralympics on Sunday, ...

September 14, 2016

Olympic athletes shrug off medical data leaks by hackers

A two-time Wimbledon singles champion, two Tour de France winners and an Olympic discus gold medalist had the same answer ...

September 13, 2016

Ethiopian marathoner remains in US on visa after protest

Since the Rio Olympics, when Feyisa Lilesa made an anti-government gesture during the marathon, he has traveled from country ...

September 12, 2016

Slow train crosses marathon course, hurts finish times

A slow-moving train in Pennsylvania might have brought some runners' dreams of the Boston Marathon to a halt. Lehigh Valley ...

September 09, 2016

Belgian women's relay team finally gets 2008 Olympic gold

The Belgian 2008 women's Olympic 4x100 relay team was officially handed its gold medals on Friday — eight years after ...

August 26, 2016

SAfrican judge denies appeal for harsher Pistorius sentence

A South African judge on Friday dismissed an appeal by prosecutors for a harsher sentence against Oscar Pistorius who was ...

August 25, 2016

Putin calls ban on Russia's Paralympic team inhumane

Russian President Vladimir Putin attacked the ban on his country from the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics as immoral and inhumane ...

August 24, 2016

Olympics done, WNBA ready for sprint to the finish

With the Olympics in the rearview mirror, the WNBA is ready to restart its season after a month-long break. There should be ...

August 21, 2016

Team USA takes Rio Olympics medal race with ease

The U.S. Olympic Team made itself right at home in Rio. The British, they had a Games to savor as well. The host Brazilians ...

August 21, 2016

In the end, American runner Chelimo got his silver medal

American runner Paul Chelimo won an Olympic silver medal. Or did he? Oh, yes he did. Chelimo, who was born in Kenya but lives ...

August 20, 2016

Predictable, yet impressive, Semenya wins Olympic 800 gold

It was predicted. That didn't make it any less impressive, or any less contentious. Caster Semenya won the Olympic title in ...

August 20, 2016

Americans extend medal count to 27 in Olympic track meet

Tori Bowie is showing her true colors — bronze, silver and, now, gold. "This completes my set," the sprinter said after ...

August 20, 2016

The Latest: China defeats Serbia for women's volleyball gold

The latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local): 12:05 a.m. MEDAL ALERT: China rallied from one set down to ...

August 20, 2016

Bronze gone? Another race, another miscue for US relay team

Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Mike Rodgers were almost through parading the American flag around the track — celebrating a ...

August 19, 2016

In Bolt's shadow, US team keeps raking in medals

In the shadow of mighty Usain Bolt, Allyson Felix achieved something unprecedented in women's track and field Friday by ...

August 19, 2016

Anchor leg: Bolt gets gold No. 9 with another runaway win

Usain Bolt kneeled down and gave the track one final kiss, then flattened his hand, reached to the ground and slapped the ...