The orphanage in St. Petersburg, Russia, didn’t have wheelchairs, so until she was 6, Tatyana McFadden simply crawled on the floor, her legs folded back underneath her body. Born with spina bifida, she had lacked proper medical treatment, but her eyes were bright, she was spunky and smart, said...
An emotional six-year journey proved worth every step for Patricio Manuel on Saturday when he climbed into the ring at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio to become the first transgender male boxer in U.S. history. Twelve minutes later he climbed out with a win in his professional debut,...
Back in 2015, four-time world champion curler Randy Ferbey bemoaned the sober-minded ways of the sport's modern era. In his day, he told the Ottawa Sun, you would “go curl your game then go sit and visit with people and have a bunch of beers and stay up till midnight.” “Teams don't do that no more,”...
Longtime USA Gymnastics chief operating officer Ron Galimore resigned Friday, the latest high-profile departure for the embattled organization in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal. The move came as USA Gymnastics is facing decertification of its status as the national governing body for the...
They were to gather at Saturday’s Maryland Swimming Hall of Fame induction to share hugs, swap tales and take bows for having brought a national title to Baltimore in 1994. Back then, a septet of girls from the North Baltimore Aquatic Club — some still in middle school — stunned their college-age...
Donnell Whittenburg was hurting. Aloft on the parallel bars, he had glided through the first couple moves of his routine somewhat cleanly. He had picked a challenging one, rated a 6.300. There was none tougher in the 30-man field at the U.S. gymnastics championships on the opening Thursday night...
The United States Olympic Committee would like to be seen as forceful and proactive for moving to disband USA Gymnastics and start over. Not so fast, please. Another body with a U.S. in front of it, the United States Congress, deserves the congratulations for dragging the USOC, heels digging-in-the-dirt,...
The U.S. Olympic Committee took steps Monday to decertify USA Gymnastics as the governing body for the sport at the Olympic level, choosing to pursue the nuclear option for an organization that botched its own rebuilding attempt in the wake of a sex-abuse scandal involving former team doctor Larry...
Simone Biles is still the best even when she's not at her best. The 21-year-old star won her fourth world all-around championship Thursday, surviving a series of uncharacteristic mistakes to become the first woman to earn four all-around titles. Biles had a score of 57.491, nearly 1.7 points in...
Three-time Olympic champion snowboarder Shaun White has apologized for a Halloween costume that drew criticism from the Special Olympics. White recently posted and then deleted an Instagram photo showing himself dressed as “Simple Jack,” a character with disabilities from the 2008 movie “Tropic...
In February 2017, as the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal was exploding through the sports world, USA Gymnastics defended itself with a post on social media. The tweet featured Tasha Schwikert, a former Olympian, extolling the virtues of the organization, insisting it always had “my health and...
Swimming great Michael Phelps appeared on the “Today” show on Thursday morning to champion a cause that many Americans can relate to: the struggle with anxiety and depression. The 33-year-old Baltimore native, who now resides in Arizona with his wife, Nicole, and their two sons, Boomer, 2, and...