Doug Kugley lay flat on his back, his feet pressed against a metal bar high above his head as beads of sweat trickled down his face and splattered on the foam mat beneath him. ...more

March 15, 2009

Doug Kugley lay flat on his back, his feet pressed against a metal bar high above his head as beads of sweat trickled down his face and splattered on the foam mat beneath him. ...more

March 11, 2009

NEW TAMPA - Doug Kugley lay flat on his back, his feet pressed against a metal bar high above his head as beads of sweat trickled down his face and splattered on the foam mat beneath him. ...more

March 9, 2009

Best 1-2 Punch U.S. women's gymnasts Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson won nine medals between them, then hid them in various places in the room they shared in Beijing. Liukin won gold in the all-around and Johnson won gold in her last chance, on the balance beam. ...more

August 25, 2008

With silver medals swinging from their necks, their eyes filled with tears, five members of the U.S. Olympic softball team walked to home plate and placed their cleats in the dirt. ...more

August 22, 2008

Just nine months before the Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government's news agency, Xinhua, reported that gymnast He Kexin was 13, which would have made her ineligible to be on the team that won a gold medal this week. ...more

August 15, 2008

BRANDON - Spiderman struck a pose. Elvis crooned. Clowns mugged for the thousands on the streets. ...more

July 4, 2008

Paul Hamm isn't the only American gymnast with skills. With the reigning Olympic champion recovering from a broken hand, Sasha Artemev and Jonathan Horton made their cases for trips to the Beijing Games on Thursday night. Artemev and Horton had the highest scores of the night Thursday, the first of two days of competition at the Olympic trials. ...more

June 20, 2008

Three gyms from the Bay area will send 20 local gymnasts to compete this weekend at the USA Gymnastics Level 9 Eastern Championships in Kettering, Ohio. Leading the way is LaFleur's Largo, with 10 gymnasts, and right behind them is the squad from the Tampa Bay Turners, which has eight athletes traveling to the top competition in Level 9 gymnastics. ...more

May 10, 2008

The best way to explore Marrakech's central, circuslike market square of Djemaa el-Fna is to listen. Snake charmers' flutes permeate the maze of medina shops behind every dark turn past mounds of nuts and spices offered by the gram. ...more

February 16, 2008