U.S. National Champion figure skater and Vancouver 2010 candidate Evan Lysacek will not be caught dead in a sequined skating getup from Russia — but he wear Dior and bring his quad to competition. Here, the stylish 24-year old athlete from Illinois answers reader questions about fashion, his heroes, and the famed quadruple jump.
A freshman basketball player who died during practice at a North Carolina school has become the state's fifth high school athlete to die in the academic year, an official who tracks such information said.
Lawrence Taylor struck fear into opponents. Just ask Joe Theismann.
The Chinese government, concerned about the possibility of demonstrations during the Beijing Olympics, created a list of nine U.S. athletes and one assistant coach it thought might cause problems, USA Today reported Thursday.
The unlikely stars of Ice Cube's new video are the grieving relatives of a 17-year-old high school football star who was shot to death outside his home.
A suspected gang member has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of a Los Angeles high school football star.
A diagnosis of bone marrow disease at 17 did not stop volleyball player Agata Mroz from helping Poland's national women's team win two European gold medals since 2003.
The community solidarity that followed the killing of high school football star Jamiel Shaw Jr. did not last.
The Cuban national judo team prepared to return home Monday without one of its stars, whose weekend disappearance fueled speculation she is defecting.
A member of Cuba's women's national judo team left the team at some point Sunday afternoon following the final day of the Pan American Judo Championships.
Former Montana State basketball player Branden Miller has been sentenced to 125 years in prison in the shooting death of a suspected drug dealer.
A man alleged to be a Los Angeles gang member has pleaded not guilty to a charge of killing a high school football star.
A high school track star has been disqualified from a meet because officials said the custom-made outfit she wears to conform to her Muslim faith violated competition rules.
Tom Brady arrives at Gillette Stadium before the sun comes up.
Lorena Ochoa didn't have a blueprint for becoming the best in the world, and she certainly didn't have a role model. Mexico had yet to produce anything resembling a world-class golfer, and Ochoa did not look like one at age 12.
During "Survivor: China's" 11 weeks, the contestants who appeared stronger externally have been systematically voted out by less-obvious contenders.
A former high school wrestling star who fled to Europe before his rape trial and lived a jet-set life for years before surrendering was released from prison Friday.
An enlarged heart is the biggest cause of sudden death among young athletes, deaths that could be prevented with more and better screening, experts said after the weekend death of a marathon runner.
His deliberate manner of speaking, some highly publicized mishaps and a recurring Chevy Chase bit in the early days of "Saturday Night Live" helped advance the notion that Gerald R. Ford was a bit of a klutz. In fact, Ford was one of the nation's fittest and most athletic presidents.
Lorena Ochoa learned at an early age to aim high and not be afraid to fail. She was 12 when she trained six months to climb the snow-covered top of Pico de Orizaba, Mexico's tallest mountain at 18,405 feet. When she was 5, Ochoa fell some 15 feet from a tree and broke both wrists, leaving her in a cast from her shoulders to her fingers.
A high school track athlete who uses a wheelchair will be allowed to race alongside her teammates for the rest of the school year under a federal judge's order.
"We can work drills 20 times through, and he works his tail off on everything," Burke said. "He has way more talent with this stuff than people would imagine."
Mark Titus has become a college basketball blogging institution. His Club Trillion -- a goofy compendium of his end-of-the-bench antics at Ohio State -- is basically Internet-famous.
Kyle Maynard is competing in an amateur mixed martial arts match despite being born with no elbows, knees, hands or feet.
Tiffara Steward, four feet 6 inch Tiffara Steward is an unlikely basketball hero at SUNY... See more irresistible headlines
...Something else was on Dave Rohlman's mind when he asked for a volunteer to shoot two free throws awarded his team on a technical foul in the second quarter. His senior captain raised his hand, ready to go to the line as he had many times before.
... he filed papers on her; he petitioned for the divorce in May of 2007 in Cook County, Ill. The couple wed in Chicago on May 18, 2002. They were high school sweethearts.
LeBron James once dreamed of playing in the NFL. He did for 30 seconds. In a television commercial debuting Sunday for State Farm Insurance, James, a former star wide receiver in high school, suits up for the Cleveland Browns.
This morning MediaTakeOut.com posted the above photo of NFL baller/Washington Redskins cornerback Byron Westbrook shirtless at a party. At first, we didn't know what to think of the photo. But Byron reached out to us – explaining exactly what was going on in the flick.
Researchers have found a process that is the first to capture "a reliable detectable concentration" of human growth hormone from urine, according to an article appearing today in the journal Nano Research. More Articles
NORMAN, Okla., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A dietary supplement may help the elderly prevent falls and help maintain fitness levels, making independent living possible, U.S. researchers said.
Our country spends way too much time and money on collegiate and professional level sports.
Weighed in gold, Michael Phelps is worth about $3 million. In reality the face of the Beijing Olympics is probably worth 10 times that amount each year.
Mark Spitz ruled the pool in 1972, but now he says it's time for Michael Phelps to tie or surpass his record of seven gold medals in a single Olympic Games. "I'm going to be rooting him on," Spitz said.
The Olympic star recently said he consumes 12,000 calories per day, or 9,500 more than the FDA recommends for an active, young male.
These 10 American top Olympic athletes just might inspire you to take up new sports, master your favorite ones and raise your fitness to an all-time high.
These 10 American top Olympic athletes just might inspire you to take up new sports, master your favorite ones and raise your fitness to an all-time high.
While steroids can help build the bulky muscles that lend athletes and body builders power and speed, there hadn't been a drug capable of building the endurance needed to run a marathon or to ride a bike through the Alps.
Controversy arose last week over poster and billboard ads for Nike's new Hyperdunk basketball shoes showing a basketball player's face in the groin of an opponent who is dunking a ball above him.
With Mom's help, Serbian student who attacked a fellow Binghamton University student fled the US and is residing quite peacefully at home. His victim, Bryan Steinhauer still remains in a coma two months after the fact.
...The 14-time major championship winner earned 115 million dollars in 2007 alone, said the American magazine which annually ranks the world's richest people with its Forbes' Celebrity 100 list. English footballer David Beckham was the No.
More than four months after Andrew Bynum injured his left knee, it's been decided the Los Angeles Lakers center will undergo arthroscopic surgery.
This is how Demetrius Bell, drafted a couple of weeks ago by the Buffalo Bills in the seventh round, describes his relationship with his father: "I treat it as if my mother went to the sperm bank. I don't hate him for [not being in my life]. It made me a better person."
A man shot to death inside his Orlando home was a former NFL football player. Ivan Orsen Caesar Jr. was found dead at the Tuscany Village Motel located on South Orange Blossom Trail Monday....
Derike Bennett, 18, a student at Baldwin Middle Senior High School, was charged with animal cruelty, WJXT-TV reported. Witnesses said the teen killed a duck on school property by striking the animal with a bat after being dared by his teammates.