2016 summer olympics

Incoming Maryland women’s basketball freshman Diamond Miller was named to USA Basketball's roster for the upcoming FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Bangkok.

Stina Blackstenius scored the go-ahead goal just minutes into the second half and Sweden surprised Germany with a 2-1 quarterfinal victory Saturday night.

A former gold medalist has been elected to lead the Japanese Olympic Committee, which is mired in a scandal that forced the former president to step aside.

The Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association unanimously approved an officially sanctioned girls high school state championship for the 2019-20 academic year.

By Tim Schwartz

May 6, 2019

Baltimore's Donnell Whittenburg's comeback isn't done yet. While he competed as this year's U.S. gymnastics championships in Boston, he's still recovering from injury, and sets his sights on 2019.

By Katherine Fominykh

Nov 11, 2018

The Academies of Fencing in Catonsville offers three academies, basically, in one: for boys, girls and adults.

The Olympic champion designed the leotard she wore while winning her fifth US women's gymnastics title Sunday, all the way down to the light shade of teal.

Michael Phelps reflects on his record-smashing performance in Beijing and his current life as a family man and retired Olympian.

By Childs Walker

Aug 10, 2018

Chase Kalisz of Bel Air won the men's 400-meter individual medley Thursday in 4 minutes, 7.95 seconds at the Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo. The race was

Michael Phelps, Kevin Plank, Steve Bisciotti and others say Ray Lewis' Hall of Fame playing career shouldn't overshadow his extraordinary efforts to uplift spirits and be a compassionate friend.

By Childs Walker

Jul 26, 2018

Olympic swimming great Michael Phelps is not planning another comeback. He's got a bigger goal to tackle — mental health issues.

Track and field's Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix made the cut, so where is swimming's greatest of all time?

By Jonas Shaffer

Mar 21, 2018

Worldwide, a movement is taking place that celebrates our humanity, and the upcoming 2018 Winter Paralympics is the next great opportunity for all of us to share in it. The increasingly popular event will help change further the perception of the disabled community and what its members can do.

Here’s what to watch and how to watch.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 12, 2018

From nuclear politics to American skiing stars to Russian doping, here are the key stories when the 2018 Winter Olympics begin Friday.

By Childs Walker

Feb 2, 2018

From Baltimore figure skater Monty Hoyt in the 1964 Games to Rockville ice hockey player Haley Skarupa in these Olympics, here are some of the state’s winter warriors.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 2, 2018

Bjoergen, the most successful women’s cross-country skier in history, has won three gold medals in each of the past two Winter Games.

Aksamit and Dagmara Wozniak, who both won bronze medals in the 2016 Rio Olympics, led a No. 6-ranked U.S. squad in Sunday’s team tournament at the Baltimore Convention Center — the first time the event has been held in the city. Newcomers Kamali Thompson and Zara Moss rounded out the senior team.

By Colin Campbell

Jan 28, 2018

Michael Phelps wondered if watching others compete at the world championships would pique his desire for another comeback.

Helen Maroulis won five straight matches by technical falls and did not allow a point in outscoring her opponents 53-0 en route to the 58 kg title at the World Championships in Paris. 

After debuting his rings dismount, Whittenburg eyes a world championships berth.

Phelps wins for Male U.S. Olympic Athlete and Record-Breaking Performance, Meyers for Female Athlete with a Disability.

Nathan Adrian felt a little strange walking around the pool during the U.S. national championships.

Digest: Katie Ledecky named nation's top female college athlete

Jonathan Ogden, Moose Haas and Luis Aparicio are part of The Sun Remembers for May 28-June 3.

By Mike Klingaman

May 28, 2017

Kyle Snyder made history at the Rio Olympics by becoming the youngest American wrestler to win a gold medal.

Maryland, Va., compete to permanently host large international equestrian event. Fair Hill is angling for the four-star event and state officials say it could have an annual economic impact of $20 million to $30 million each year.

By Jeff Barker

May 12, 2017

Michael Phelps, Bob Bowman giving up lease on Meadowbrook

By Childs Walker

May 10, 2017

In a tantalizing concession that he hasn't totally closed the door on another comeback, retired Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps told the Associated Press that it might be tough to stay away from the pool.

Georgia senior Chase Kalisz of Bel Air broke his three-year-old US Open and NCAA record in the 400 individual medley on Friday at the NCAA championships in Indianapolis.

"Why you're seeking reform now that you're retired, and never before supported blood passports, is beyond us all, perhaps even convenient," Milorad Cavic said.

By Jonas Shaffer

Mar 2, 2017

Michael Phelps’ testimony represented the strongest step he has taken toward becoming a leading voice in the anti-doping movement.

By Childs Walker

Feb 28, 2017

Michael Phelps' whole career has been a statement nonpareil, but on Friday morning, he was literally working on a statement.

By Jonas Shaffer

Feb 24, 2017

Iran has barred U.S. wrestlers, including Olympic gold medalist Kyle Snyder of Woodbine, from competing in this month's Freestyle World Cup in response to President Donald Trump's executive order forbidding visas for Iranians.

By Childs Walker

Feb 3, 2017

It was a year of championships, near misses, changes in the Ripken Baseball presence in Harford County and an Olympic medalist, as we look back on 2016 and the year in Harford County sports.

ne of the most shared ads of the summer Olympics in Rio -- starring Michael Phelps -- has won Adweek's top honor for best ads of 2016.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Dec 12, 2016

Exactly the kind of thing someone twice arrested for drunken driving wants to get as a gift!

By Jonas Shaffer

Dec 7, 2016

For Phelps' five gold medals this summer, USA Swimming named him its Male Athlete of the Year.

Gold medal Olympic distance runner Matt Centrowitz (Broadneck) says he was on a ride at an Australian theme park moments before four people were killed.

By Sean Welsh

Oct 25, 2016

Add ' name to the list of Americans who were less than amused by teammate 's post-competition, early-morning drunken antics at the .

More than a dozen students of Marvin A. Thorpe II came to Meadowbrook, a world-class facility where Michael Phelps, Andrews and many other Olympic swimmers have trained over the past three decades. They were there to compete against a dozen other teams in Baltimore's annual Swim Across America pool event to raise money for cancer research at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

By Michael Dresser

Sep 17, 2016

Loyola Maryland junior McKenzie Coan captured her fourth medal of the Paralympic Games, and her third gold medal, Friday in Rio de Janeiro by winning the S7 100-meter freestyle.

Baltimore's Brad Snyder and Timonium's Becca Meyers returned to the top of the podium on Monday at the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.

ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) — An Olympic wrestling gold medalist and a baseball hall of famer will be sharing in a ceremonial first pitch before the Aberdeen IronBirds

In the fifth grade, my lips were chapped and 50 Cent's debut album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" spun feverishly in my Walkman. I was finally able to shoot free

A dozen young gymnasts at Rebounders Gymnastics Center in Timonium took a break from practice Tuesday to watch the U.S. women's gymnastics team tumble, twirl

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Just call Boomer Phelps the heart and sole of Michael Phelps' final Summer Olympics.

By Jonas Shaffer

Aug 2, 2016

Centennial grad Aaron Russell is gearing up for the Olympic Games in Rio with the USA men's national volleyball team

By Monica D'Ippolito

Jul 11, 2016

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