Sun coverage: Katie Hoff

Out of gas, Hoff sinks

She fails to qualify in 800 free, says schedule was tougher than expected

From Baltimore to Beijing: Hoff reflects on Olympics

From Baltimore to Beijing: What happened to Hoff?

Hoff bronzed again

She anchors U.S. relay team to third-place finish in 800 for third medal

Where only swimmers' best will do

For Murray Stephens and the North Baltimore Aquatic Club, effort is everything

Baltimore TV soaks up the Phelps-Hoff splash

The hometown crowd is watching Michael Phelps and his unprecedented Olympics success in near-record numbers, making Baltimore the highest-rated TV market for this year's Games and helping WBAL, Channel 11, absolutely trounce the prime-time competition since Friday night's opening ceremonies.

Hoff looking a bit peaked

Maybe all this simply was too much for 19-year-old Katie Hoff, even if she won't admit it.

Rick Maese: A full morning

6:45 a.m.: In separate rooms in separate quarters of the Olympic Village, Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff wake up for the biggest, the busiest and the most demanding day either will face at the Olympics. Swimming in two finals in a single session is an arduous task. Only a handful of swimmers have ever attempted it.

From Baltimore to Beijing: No reason for Hoff to feel disappointment

Rick Maese: Hoff shows she has guts

You can easily measure the distance between gold and silver. In heartbreaking fashion, for Katie Hoff today, it amounted to just .07 of a second.

Baltimore's other champ

A more mature Hoff is determined to win

Rick Maese: Does crown fit?

For Phelps, yes, but Hoff more regal than Torres

Hoff 'in control and ready to go'

If karma counts for anything, Katie Hoff deserves to win a gold medal at these Olympics.

Competitive drive fuels Phelps, Hoff

For local Olympic swimmers, heartfelt hopes become big realities

Phelps, Hoff up to the challenge

Rivals no match for the local swimmers at U.S. Olympic trials

Rick Maese: Olympics will shine Phelps-like spotlight on Hoff

Beijing Games promise to offer swimmer chance at making swimming history

U.S. Olympic Trials

Few are multitasking at U.S. Olympic trials

Phelps, Hoff in multiple events, but not many follow their example

Hoff races to finish

U.S. marks in 200-meter events show improved closing ability

U.S. Olympic Trials

Hoff wins 200 freestyle, 200 IM prelims

Shortly after Michael Phelps finished the 200-meter freestyle last night, Mark Schubert, the venerable coach of the U.S. swim team, walked down onto the pool deck inside Qwest Center and threw an arm around the Rodgers Forge native.

U.S. Olympic trials

Hoff is all business

At some point over the past several years - it's difficult to pinpoint exactly when - Katie Hoff figured out a way to channel all her nervous pre-race energy into a frenetic, yet disciplined, routine.

Hoff again on top of the world

In March, when Australia's Stephanie Rice broke Katie Hoff's world record in the 400-meter individual medley, Hoff wanted to jump back in the pool and offer an immediate rebuttal.

Hoff puts value in staying humble

Katie Hoff doesn't do cocky. And unlike the way some elite athletes try to come off as humble, it's not an act.

Olympic Trials

A freestyle attitude for Phelps at trials

Michael Phelps isn't shy about how much he loves to play poker. He plays it with friends, plays it in casinos with strangers, and sometimes plays it online, late at night.

Hoff to coach, take classes at Loyola

Olympian Katie Hoff will join the Loyola swimming coaching staff this fall, the school announced yesterday.

Phelps, Hoff have busy trials schedules

In the competitive run-up to the U.S. Olympic swimming team trials, Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff carried a heavy workload.

Swimming

Hoff takes cake with best times

For four days, the menu has been propped up in Katie Hoff's hotel room, opened to the picture of a gooey slice of cheesecake smothered in caramel and chocolate.

Hoff, Madwed excel at tuneup for Olympic trials

Swimmers from NBAC compete in Omaha, Neb.

Swimming

Phelps, Hoff warm up for trials

The pieces of Katie Hoff's aquatic Chinese puzzle are beginning to come together. One stroke strengthens another. Distances seem to shrink. A skill honed gets her closer to her goal: the starting blocks in Beijing.

Hoff, Phelps aim to relax

With about three weeks to go before the competition to determine the U.S. Olympic swimming team, elite athletes like Katie Hoff and Michael Phelps don't have to turn heads at the final Grand Prix meet this weekend.

Swimming

Phelps, Hoff return to attend NBAC fundraiser

Michael Phelps showed up at the Meadowbrook Aquatic Center last night and climbed into the pool.

Swimming: Toyota Grand Prix

Hoff wins 2 more in prep for Olympic trials

In the span of 42 minutes last night, Towson's Katie Hoff won two gold medals and a silver at the Toyota Grand Prix competition.

Hoff is right from start

When Katie Hoff finished the 400-meter individual medley last night, everyone assumed she just had set a U.S. Open record. It was announced over the public address system at the Ohio State Grand Prix, the crowd roared, and a representative from USA Swimming tried to congratulate her.

Ohio State Grand Prix

Phelps 1-for-3, Hoff wins 2; both shrug

Michael Phelps likes wearing his Detroit Tigers hat sideways, and sometimes backward.

Swimsuit Saga

Speedo's strong suit

With most of the nation's best swimmers scheduled to compete at the Toyota Grand Prix here this weekend, record-breaking performances might take a back seat to the swimsuit competition.

Missouri Grand Prix

Hoff's gold standard

Six events, five gold medals.

Missouri Grand Prix

Hoff makes her mark

Katie Hoff took two more gold medals yesterday at the Missouri Grand Prix and $20 from Michael Phelps.

'Shocked' Hoff sets U.S. mark in 400 free

When Katie Hoff was less than two pool lengths into the 400-meter freestyle final yesterday, everyone at the Missouri Grand Prix - including the swimmer - sensed something special might be happening.

Missouri Grand Prix Meet

A matter of time

Michael Phelps readily concedes that he's not much of a morning person.

Swimming Missouri Grand Prix

Setting a course for Beijing

A year ago, swimmer Michael Phelps showed up in Columbia, Mo., for the Missouri Grand Prix with low expectations. He did not have history on his mind.

Hoff again named SportsWoman of Year

For earning 11 medals last year in international and national swimming competition, Towson's Katie Hoff has been named 2007 SportsWoman of the Year by the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Swimming

Phelps, Hoff honored as best U.S. swimmers

Michael Phelps won a leading three Golden Goggles awards, including Male Athlete of the Year, on Sunday night when USA Swimming honored the year's top American performers.

'Confident' Hoff looks toward Beijing

Katie Hoff has seen the future.

No gold, no worry for Hoff, Phelps

For a pair of the nation's top swimmers, the chlorine that was in the air in the Indiana University Natatorium proved to be much thicker than any competitive tensions.

U.S. women set record in 4 x 200

The veteran Olympian -- a gold-medal winner and a world-record holder -- was nervous. The American's 4 x 200 freestyle relay team didn't look good in qualifying, was stuck in Lane 8 after barely making the final and now a tired Natalie Coughlin was going to have to put together a strong swim in the opening leg, or the U.S. might be in trouble.

Another day, another world record for Phelps

This is how well things are going for Michael Phelps at the FINA World Championships: He broke a world record this morning, his third in three days, blind.

Phelps, Hoff off to fast starts

Michael Phelps toughest opponent today wasn't another swimmer. It also wasn't history. It was boredom.

Hoff handles nerves, gets her feet wet

Swimming

World class acts

At 17, Katie Hoff and Kimmie Meissner are already Olympic veterans, each making her mark by bending water to her will.

Swimming

DQ, 2 wins for Phelps

Even Michael Phelps can have a bad swim.

Phelps, Hoff double up

VICTORIA, British Columbia // Michael Phelps won his second individual gold medal of the Pan Pacific Championships last night, then returned as leadoff swimmer on the United States' victorious 800-meter freestyle relay.

Different strokes for Hoff, Phelps

As the sun went down Saturday night, bringing the USA Swimming National Championships to a close, two of the world's best swimmers attempted to unwind in two distinctly different ways.

Phelps flies past Crocker to pull upset in 100 meters

When you're the best in the world, confidence can be as important as technique and conditioning. And so it's pretty rare to hear Michael Phelps concede that another swimmer is superior, especially in one of Phelps' stronger events.

Winning strokes for Hoff, Phelps

IRVINE, Calif. // Standing at the starting blocks last night at the U.S. nationals, roughly 45 minutes apart, Katie Hoff and Michael Phelps couldn't have looked more different had they tried.

Faces of the future

If the average person were to walk up to Katie Hoff tomorrow and explain in a calm and rational voice that, at age 16, after the year she has had, Hoff might have earned the right to call herself the best female swimmer in the world, her reaction would likely be something like this: nervous laughter, some significant eye rolling, plenty of blushing, then most importantly, denial, denial, denial.

Swimmer Hoff, 16, signs 10-year deal

The face of Towson teenage swimmer Katie Hoff could be coming to a billboard near you or popping up in commercials on your television soon, and staying there for the next decade.

Hoff's world-class effort wins gold medal in 200 IM

MONTREAL - When the national anthem started to play last night, Katie Hoff took a deep, cleansing breath. And then another. She swallowed hard, then bit her lower lip. Was it really real, she may have wondered? Was there actually a gold medal dangling from her neck?

Phelps' theme at worlds: different strokes

GREENBELT - Michael Phelps feels as if he is just getting his feet wet.

Athens Olympics

It's fast lane for 15-year-old

Blue is for first, red is for second ...

Athens Olympics

Debilitating start decks Hoff in 400 IM

ATHENS - Katie Hoff's Olympic debut was a disaster.

Phelps' 1st real Athens dip dripping with anticipation

While Baltimore sleeps, Michael Phelps will begin his quest to make Olympic history.