Jake Dalton

Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol won his first NBA defensive player of the year award after anchoring the league's stingiest defense. Gasol received 212 points and 30 first-place votes to beat the Miami Heat's LeBron James, who had 149 points and...

UCLA seniors Vanessa Zamarripa and walk-on Alyssa Pritchett, who helped lead the Bruins to a fourth-place finish at last weekend's NCAA national championships at Pauley Pavilion, will compete May 10-11 at the Pro Gymnastics Challenge in Bethlehem, Pa. ...

LONDON — You rarely ever see it, but you did on Saturday, the first full day of competition at the Olympics. But there atop the swimming medal stand, was no Michael Phelps. In the first shocking result of the Games, Phelps finished fourth in the 400...

LONDON — Danell Leyva, 20, is from a family that immigrated to Florida from Cuba. John Orozco, 19, comes from the Bronx, a place in the world where gymnastics is not the first sport of choice. Or second, third or fourth or, he said, even 50th....

LONDON -- Olympic gymnastics event finals are a bit like a prom after-party. Now that the team and all-around competition is over, it's time to relax and just have fun, maybe even try a few new things. In 2008, American Jonathan Horton added an extra...

LONDON — McKayla Maroney can seem severe. She has a competition face that comes complete with a glare and a stare. But after she had an unlikely fall on a relatively easy vault Sunday, Maroney — who had coined the nickname "Fierce Five,"...

The 2012 Tour of Gymnastics Champions is coming to Indianapolis, giving you the chance to see your favorite Olympic gymnasts from the U.S. Gymnastics Team. Nine of the 10 gymnasts on the 2012 U.S. Gymnastics Team will be featured at Kellogg’s...

A year ago, Sam Mikulak was dealt a major setback in his quest to reach the London Olympics as a gymnast. He always had dreams of reaching the Olympics while growing up in Newport Beach and training at SCATS Gymnastics in Huntington Beach. But that...