Olympics
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Hamm cleared for gymnastics
Jul 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Olympic gold medalist Paul Hamm's broken hand is healed enough that he can return to regular gymnastics, giving him five weeks to get ready for the Beijing Games. An X-r...
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Peirsol, Coughlin set world recordsJul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - OMAHA, Neb. - Michael Phelps just missed setting another world record at the U.S. Olympic trials. Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol showed him how to do it. Racing abou...
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Algae bloom is China's latest Olympic nightmare
Jul 01, 2008 11:00 pm - QINGDAO, China -- China's latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one-third of the sea where the world's best sailors are supposed to be competing in...
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U.S. Olympic basketball team in New York state of mindJun 30, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Gazing out from the top deck of a yacht Monday, Dwyane Wade wondered why the Statue of Liberty's torch seemed so shiny. Turns out, Wade learned, the new torch...
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Bulgaria pulls Olympic weightlifters for doping
Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Bulgaria's weightlifting federation says it will withdraw its team from the Beijing Olympics after 11 lifters tested positive for a banned steroid. Th...
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Gatlin expected to appeal ruling
Jun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Banned sprinter Justin Gatlin is expected to appeal a ruling by a federal judge in Florida that prohibits him from competing in this weekend's U.S. Olympic tr...
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Judge denies sprinter Gatlin's request
Jun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A federal judge now says sprinter Justin Gatlin cannot compete in this weekend's U.S. Olympic track and field trials. The decision reversed his earlie...
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IOC says Gatlin not welcome
Jun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Banned sprinter Justin Gatlin must go to Switzerland if he wants to compete in Beijing. The International Olympic Committee says Gatlin, whose four-year doping ban recen...
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Injury KOs local gymnastics champ
Jun 21, 2008 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- National gymnastics champion David Sender of Arlington Heights couldn't compete at the Olympic trials Saturday because he still was hobbled by a sprained...
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Injury knocks out local gymnastics champ at Olympic Trials
Jun 20, 2008 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA - National gymnastics champion David Sender of Arlington Heights couldn't compete at the Olympic trials Saturday because he was still hobbled by a sprained ...