Gang shooting victim overcomes obstacles in race to Olympics
23-year-old Bryshon Nellum has survived and recovered from a gang shooting in 2008 and now in 2012 he heads to the London Olympics...
Paralympics athlete wants to be the fastest in the world
VIDEO - After the 2011 World Championships, Jerome Singleton Jr. feels it's safe to refer to himself as the 'Fastest Amputee In The World'...
Man training for chance to run on the moon
APTOS - By the time he arrived in Aptos from Davenport Tuesday afternoon, he was 485 miles into his journey, which he expects to end Sept. 5 at the Mexico border...
Olympic marathon champ dies in fall
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan Olympic marathon champion Sammy Wanjiru died in a fall from a balcony after a domestic dispute involving his wife and another woman, police said Monday...
Former Olympian Antonio Pettigrew found dead in car
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (AP) - Pettigrew was part of the U.S. relay team that won the gold medal in the Sydney Olympics in 2000, but the International Olympic Committee stripped them of their medals...
World's fastest man adopts world's fastest feline
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- The world's fastest man has adopted the animal kingdom's fastest sprinter, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named "Lightning Bolt" into his life...
American man wins NYC Marathon after 27-year drought
NEW YORK (AP) - "Today was a huge day," said Meb Keflezighi, the first American man to win the marathon in 27 years. "You visualize, you visualize, but when reality hits, it hits home, and it's pretty sweet."
South African track star is a hermaphrodite, report says
SYDNEY (AP) -- World 800-meter champion Caster Semenya of South Africa has male and female sexual organs, the Sydney Morning Herald said on Friday, posing an ethical and political quandary for athletics' ruling body...
