Allyson Felix won the women’s 200 meters at the London Games in 21,88 seconds, adding a gold medal to her previous two Olympic silver medals and highlighting a medal haul for the United States in track and field on Wednesday night. In four events at the Olympic Stadium, the U.S. came away with three gold […]
Marvin Hamlisch (the award-winning composer of “A Chorus Line” and “The Way We Were”) has died suddenly at the age of 68, prompting warm tributes from Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan and dozens of stage and screen stars. Hamlisch (the musical force behind “The Sting” and numerous other movies and […]
Amid the chaos at the bottom of a mound of joy that formed after Alex Morgan’s goal in the 123rd minute gave the U.S. women’s soccer team an epic 4-3 Olympic semifinal victory Monday night over Canada at Old Trafford, Abby Wambach found clarity. “I told her in the dog pile after the match: ‘I […]
This practice day was tougher than any other for the Philadelphia Eagles. After all, sadness, shock, and sorrow beyond anyone’s belief hovered over their training camp site on a day when they lost “a part of the family.” Garrett Reid (the troubled 29-year-old son of Eagles coach Andy Reid) was found dead Sunday in a […]
Jessica Ennis won the heptathlon in the Olympic Stadium on Saturday night, but this was more than a welcome first gold medal around the neck of a British track and field athlete. It was a dazzling performance by the 26 year-old from Sheffield, a show-stopper more than worthy of all the attention showered on the […]
Ledecky began swimming at age 5, joining what was the Palisades Summer League a year later. By the time she was in the third or fourth grade, she said, she drifted away from other sports to concentrate on the pool, and soon was qualifying for sectional championships. Last summer, as the U.S. senior national team […]
Sharp president Takashi Okuda says his company will begin shipping displays for the next Apple iPhone by the end of this month. According to Reuters, Okuda made the announcement at a press conference in Tokyo, where Sharp reps were discussing a quarterly earnings report. His comments have attracted a lot of interest in the tech […]
Team USA’s 2012 Olympics women’s gymnastics squad is superior to Nastia Liukin’s crew in every way. Back in 2008, Liukin, Shawn Johnson and company racked up the medals for the U.S. They won silver as a team. And Liukin won four individual medals including all-around gold. While her success in Beijing was impressive, Gabby Douglas […]
O.J. Murdock (a reserve receiver for the Tennessee Titans) was found in his car on Monday morning with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to a local hospital and died at 10:43 a.m. He was 25. Murdock was found at around 8:30 a.m. outside of Middleton High […]