Tianna Madison

With all the attention Olympic track stars Lolo Jones and Tianna Madison attracted when they tried bobsled pushing this winter, it was easy for last year's breakout athlete, Katie Eberling, to be pushed into the background. That didn't bother the former...

When the Summer Olympics began with the staid Queen of England taking part in a James Bond skit filmed for the best opening ceremony ever, you knew the biggest event on the global sports calendar had a chance to be a celebration of both winning and...

It’s about 15 months before the Feb. 7, 2014 opening of the next Winter Olympics. So here are 15 thoughts on winter sports as the full gamut of sports on the program for the Sochi Games get into pre-Olympic-year action this weekend. 1.  There is...

It was no surprise all the initial stories about Thursday's selection of the U.S. women's bobsled team for this season focused on Lolo Jones, even if the high-profile Olympic hurdler had been distinctly discreet while starting her attempt to make the 2014...

Here is your gold medal, now here is your lawsuit courtesy of mom and dad. How do you like those rotten apples? Tampa resident Tianna Madison, a member of the gold medal 4x100 U.S. Olympic relay team, is being sued by her parents for allegedly making...

LONDON -- The sound of thousands of voices singing "God Save the Queen" was a powerful note in a day of stirring achievements. The celebration was for the heptathlon triumph ofBritain'sJessica Ennis, but nearly every athlete who put foot or prosthetic leg...

BASKETBALL Men Group A France 73, Tunisia 69 United States 99, Lithuania 94 Argentina 93, Nigeria 79 Group B Russia 77, Spain 74 Brazil 98, China 59 Australia 106, Britain 75 SOCCER Men Quarterfinals South Korea 1, Britain 1,...

LONDON -- Allyson Felix could not believe what the Olympic Stadium scoreboard was telling her. She had taken the baton from Tianna Madison and did her part well on the second leg of the U.S. 400-meter relay team before handing the baton to Bianca Knight,...

By The Associated Press BASKETBALL Men Semifinals United States 109, Argentina 83 Spain 67, Russia 59 SOCCER Men Bronze Medal South Korea 2, Japan 0 HANDBALL Men Semifinals Sweden 27, Hungary 26 France 25, Croatia 22 HOCKEY...