Ball Gymnastics

Thursday in China dawned as the greatest day in the history of American women's sports. Dawn in China, of course, also means it is prime time the previous night in America. And prime time during the Olympics means two things beyond swimming: Little...

Stuart Holden ended the United States' three-game scoring drought with a goal in the second half, giving the Americans a 1-0 victory over Japan in men's soccer yesterday in Tianjin, Chican, in the Olympic opener for both. The Scottish-born Holden...

The contrast is stark. There are the Chinese women gymnasts, tiny tots so light and lithe yet so fiercely unafraid they will throw themselves, all 73 pounds, one, two, three times off the uneven bars in a whirl of speed that makes it hard to count the...

Stuart Holden ended the United States' three-game scoring drought with a goal in the second half, giving the Americans a 1-0 victory over Japan on Thursday in the Olympic opener for both. The Scottish-born Holden struck a loose ball at the top of the...

The Olympic Games technically have two types of sports: The Big Ones everyone recognizes, such as track and field, gymnastics and swimming, and the Not-So-Big Ones that are televised on cable channels after midnight. But a medal is a medal, and...

They couldn't shoot and occasionally didn't defend. It was a performance the Americans should be relieved came before they got to Beijing. Undefeated, but no longer unchallenged, the U.S. Olympic basketball team wrapped up its exhibition schedule with...

This is the last season the Jets will hold their training camp at Hofstra, and they are going out in style. Beginning July 24, football fans will have a chance to get autographs, watch Kellen Clemens battle Chad Pennington for the starting quarterback...

PHILADELPHIA -- Shawn Johnson rumbles across the floor exercise mat like a sparkling bowling ball gaining speed and power until she reaches the corner and throws herself into a sonic boom of flips, twists and a forceful landing. She offers a smile and...

Paul Hamm is doing everything his doctor says. And then some. The Olympic gold medal gymnast said Wednesday he remains "optimistic" he will be healthy in time to compete at the Beijing Games. Hamm broke a bone in his right hand two weeks ago in the final...

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Watching and learning was largely what Colleen Speth expected to do during her freshman season on the University of Massachusetts lacrosse team. That plan was ditched, however, when Speth found herself manning the net for the Minutewomen's fourth game, a...

I didn't spot the kitchen sink, but I bet it's there somewhere during the new Block Party Bash at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Everything else is tossed into this parade -- scooters, gigantic orange traffic cones, bouncy stilts, trampolines, hydraulic...