Sometimes it takes a little shake-up to get things back on track. That may be the case for Tarpon Springs High baseball and first-year head coach Vinny Parisi. ...more

March 14, 2009

Michael Phelps doesn't seem to be in much hot water with his sponsors despite being photographed inhaling from a marijuana pipe. ...more

February 3, 2009

Olympic great Michael Phelps has acknowledged "regrettable" behavior and "bad judgment" after a photo in a British newspaper showed him smoking marijuana. ...more

February 2, 2009

With their elbows locked, smiles iridescent and extreme image makeover complete, the U.S. men's basketball players took their final step into Olympic lore in the most appropriate way - together. ...more

August 25, 2008

There was a lot going against Tampa's James Blake as he faced Roger Federer in the quarterfinals of the Olympic men's tennis competition Thursday. ...more

August 15, 2008

Kristin Armstrong made her way through the throng of well-wishers at the Great Wall, locked eyes with her husband, and the emotions began to flow. ...more

August 14, 2008

U.S. gymnast Morgan Hamm withdrew Thursday from the Olympics, two days before competition begins. He aggravated a chronic injury in his left ankle during training in Beijing, and it never responded to treatment. He clearly struggled on floor exercise during the men's training session Wednesday, and it wasn't any better Thursday. ...more

August 8, 2008

Michael Phelps, Swimming After winning six gold medals in the 2004 Athens Games and seven at last year's World Championships in Australia, there's talk of Phelps taking home eight golds from Beijing. If Phelps can pull that that off with his 6-foot-7 wingspan and size 14 feet, he could overshadow any athlete and any story line from these games. With two previous Olympics under his belt and a space-age Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit covering his body, Phelps has a chance. But he'll have to swim at least 17 races (four more races than Mark Spitz's seven-gold-medal showing in 1972) and that schedule could be his undoing. ...more

August 5, 2008

As the U.S. struggles with immigration policy, Americans will get a chance to see their melting-pot nation through the prism of foreign-born athletes competing in USA uniforms at the Beijing Olympics. ...more

August 3, 2008

BAGHDAD - The International Olympic Committee has upheld a ban on Iraqi teams at the Beijing Games, saying today that the government missed the deadline to address accusations of political interference. ...more

July 24, 2008