Special Feature: 5 Sports Figures You Should Know
With a career in sports, fame almost always follows provided that the athlete is playing at the highest level. Some of them are more familiar than others but it is important to remember those that have made their sport special. Here are the 5 sports figures which you should definitely know.
Leopoldo Larez Banorte
Leopoldo Larez Banorte is known as a soccer player and coach. He...
Mikulak to have ankle surgery
U.S. gymnast Sam Mikulak will have surgery this month to correct an ankle problem that has bothered him since the Olympic trials in June.
The 19-year-old Mikulak finished fifth in the Olympic vault final Tuesday, sticking both vaults despite a heavily taped left ankle that he sprained during the trials.
Mikulak recovered in time for the Olympics, participating in five events during...
Yang dominates for gold on vault
Yang Hak-seon has an Olympic gold medal to go with his world title on vault.
The South Korean finished with an average of 16.533, winning it on the strength of the most difficult vault being done in the world today. When he landed his second vault perfectly, his coaches raced to the podium and grabbed him in a bear hug. Yang grabbed a South Korean flag even before his final score...
Costly day for US men's gymnastics
There is no other way to say it. The U.S. men's gymnastics team arrived Monday at the Olympic team finals with a legitimate chance at gold and simply choked it away.
They fell three times. They were the No. 1 team after qualifying but finished a lowly fifth. They went from hope to heartbreak, from challengers to afterthoughts, because they were particularly susceptible to the...
Column: US men get back on horse, then fall off
The plan was to keep it close until their last routine on the high bar. That's where those things Americans like to think they still do better than anybody else in the world - invent stuff, take risks and show off - were supposed to finally deliver some golden dividends.
Instead, by the time the high-flying U.S. men's team arrived there Monday night, it wasn't close...
Is this the year US sweeps team gold?
After the US men's gymnastics team's dominating performance Saturday, and with the idea the Olympics allows us to be more hopeful than usual, let's allow ourselves to engage in a small indulgence.
Let's ponder the possibility that we can do as Americans what we have never done before in artistic gymnastics: Win the team gold in both the men's and women's...
Mazeika shaping 'team-first' philosophy
HOUSTON -- This latest moment of truth for the U.S. men's gymnastics team is a byproduct of patience and precision, planning and philosophy.
With each corresponding step during his remarkable run of success as national team coordinator, Kevin Mazeika, owner of Mazeika Elite Gymnastics in Houston, considers his growth central to the development of the program he has been commissioned...
US veteran Horton left out running for all-around
National champion John Orozco and Olympic trials winner Danell Leyva will compete in all six events when men's team qualifications begin Saturday.
The U.S. lineup, announced Friday, means two-time Olympic medal winner and team captain Jon Horton will not be eligible for the all-round competition at the O2 Arena.
Horton finished third in the all-around at the 2010 world championships...
Chinese no longer only show in men's gymnastics
For years, the Chinese men's training sessions were can't-miss performances, gymnastics and coaches from pretty much every other country cramming into the stands to gawk at the world's best team.
Those days are over. And China's stranglehold on Olympic gold might be, too.
The reigning Olympic and five-time world champions practically had The O2 Arena to themselves...
Maroney forced to take it easy
World vault champion McKayla Maroney's sore right foot is getting a break. Sam Mikulak's balky left ankle is getting a workout.
Both plan to be ready when the Olympics begin Friday.
The 16-year-old Maroney did a few warmup vaults Tuesday and the dance elements in her floor exercise routine. But she did not do any of her tumbling runs on floor and spent most of the roughly...
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