Olympian Lolo Jones comes out as a virgin

MIAMI - Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones is winning over a whole new crop of fans after admitting in an interview on HBO’s “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” that she is not having sex until she is married, in accordance with her Christian faith...

Ex-NBA star, Olympian Boozer dies at 75

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Bob Boozer was a star in college, an Olympic gold medalist and an 11-year professional who finished his playing career with an NBA championship...

First lady has plan to get kids involved in sports

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DALLAS (AP) - Michelle Obama remembers sitting in front of her television many years ago and watching Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci and Carl Lewis as they competed in the Summer Olympics...

Usain Bolt accused of 'white woman complex'

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Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has become the subject of criticism in Jamaica after a photograph of him kissing his European girlfriend Lubica Slovak was published...

PBS to air 1-hour segment on Jesse Owens

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PBS's series 'American Experience' will honor Jesse Owens with a 1-hour look at his life and Olympic career...

US Olympic Committee's first black chairman dies

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DURHAM, North Carolina (AP) - LeRoy Walker, the first African-American to lead the U.S. Olympic Committee and the first black man to coach an American Olympic team, died Monday. He was 93...

Cancer, suicide attempt survivor hopes to win Olympic gold

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Nineteen-year-old Monique Newton has been close to death twice. She survived brain cancer as a child and an attempted overdose when she was 15 years old...

Usain Bolt, fastest man alive, wants to 'stun the world'

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VIDEO - Just one year after he won the Olympic gold metal in Beijing, China, Jamaican track star and the fastest man in the world, Usain Bolt, dropped over one tenth of a second off of his record in the 100 meter race...

London subway stops named for Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis

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LONDON (AP) - Hop on the Underground at 'Jesse Owen' station. After one stop change at 'Carl Lewis.' And then ride the Tube all the way to "'Michael Phelps'..

First lady will lead US delegation to Olympics

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says Michelle Obama will lead the official U.S. delegation to the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London...

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Olympian Lolo Jones comes out as a virgin

Ex-NBA star, Olympian Boozer dies at 75

First lady has plan to get kids involved in sports

Usain Bolt accused of 'white woman complex'

PBS to air 1-hour segment on Jesse Owens

US Olympic Committee's first black chairman dies

Cancer, suicide attempt survivor hopes to win Olympic gold

Usain Bolt, fastest man alive, wants to 'stun the world'

London subway stops named for Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis

First lady will lead US delegation to Olympics

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