Athletes

This car is the perfect example of why I do this test. When you look at the EX, you see a teeny little version of Infiniti's FX. As is often the case with younger siblings, though, you shouldn't be lulled......

College presidents are supposed to be smart. So you wonder what a couple of them were smoking when they wrote the following. "This week also marks the start of a new era in college football, one in which fantasy leagues run by commercial entities exploit...

Far-away vacations, late nights with friends and sleeping past noon are the usual thoughts of a teenager when summer rolls around. But for many student-athletes, summer hours are spent on the field or in the gym training for sports; even though they...

Last weekend, Terrapins, Trojans, Mustangs and more took to the gridiron, kicking off the college football season. It was also the start of a new era in college football, one in which fantasy leagues run by commercial entities exploit college players as...

Days before competing in the Beijing Olympics, Bobby Lea of Topton and three other U.S. cyclists were scolded and threatened by a U.S. Olympic Committee member for wearing respiratory masks developed by the USOC to deal with the city's pollution, Lea...

Some athletes live for it. Others detest it. Nevertheless, summer training is mandatory for most fall athletes and should remain so. Every school sport has a preseason during which the teams must prepare. For fall athletes, that time comes during the...

— Mac Cherny, swimming for the Mandell Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center, went to the Olympic-style Maccabi Games in Detroit earlier this month and brought home a gold and a bronze medal in two relay events. In the process, the 14-year-old...

The National Training Center today once again will be filled with "masters" international track-and-field athletes. The occasion is the 28th North, Central American and Caribbean World Masters Track & Field Championships. Sanctioned by USA Track & Field,...

A subculture of defense attorneys has grown around those who work behind the scenes to keep allegations against athletes from ever seeing the light of day. Advocates say it is in a university's interest to keep allegations against an athlete quiet:...

The athletes love them. They want to see where they stack up, who's saying what about them. The parents do, too. It's their kid being evaluated and with the economy being what it is, a scholarship offer sure would lighten the load. The coaches, well,...

Fans began lining up at 6 a.m. Saturday for a chance to snag free tickets to "The Oprah Winfrey Show" season premiere featuring 150 U.S. Olympic athletes. By noon, the line of Winfrey fans and U.S. Olympic supporters stretched nearly six city blocks in...

nna Hunt's gymnastics career was on shaky ground. Anna, now a 16-year-old junior at Downers Grove South High School, rolled her ankle at a meet in December 2006, knocking her out of club competition. She returned a month later, but the ankle wasn't...