Brandon's Chris Colwill decided to leave it all in the pool of the Olympic men's 3-meter diving finals Tuesday night in Beijing. He did that by performing a list of six dives that, when combined, was the highest degree of difficulty in the competition. ...more

August 20, 2008

The story line was in place even before they filled the pool inside the Water Cube. ...more

August 19, 2008

From the minute that she stuck her dismount, Nastia Liukin sensed that her performance may not have been golden. ...more

August 19, 2008

NBC had 26.8 million viewers Sunday on the first day of Beijing Olympics AP (that's After Phelps). That's still a little higher than the comparable night in Athens four years ago. ...more

August 19, 2008

Once again, American shooter Matt Emmons chose to be philosophical. ...more

August 18, 2008

She wasn't among the automatic qualifiers, but Tampa Leto High and University of South Florida product Damu Cherry still managed to advance to the semifinals of the women's 100-meter hurdles at the Beijing Olympics in China. Local Athlete Advances In Olympic Hurdles ...more

August 17, 2008

Michael Phelps swam into history with a magnificent finish, tying Mark Spitz with his seventh gold medal by the narrowest of margins in the 100-meter butterfly. ...more

August 16, 2008

After losing to Chile's Fernando Gonzalez in the Olympic men's tennis singles semifinals Friday, Tampa's James Blake essentially accused Gonzalez of cheating on his way to winning 4-6, 7-5, 11-9. ...more

August 16, 2008

While many couples across the country went out of their way to schedule their weddings for Aug. 8 as a way of securing good luck, a South Shore couple took the theme in a slightly different direction. Carmine and Joanna Caporaso planned for their second son, Ryan, to be born on Aug. 8 at Brandon Regional Hospital. However, the Caporasos ended up taking the 8-8-08 gimmick to the extreme — the infant was born precisely at 8:08 a.m. "We had selected that date a while ago and my surgery was scheduled for 7:30 a.m.," Joanna said. "Once we were in there, and we saw that it was getting to be close to 8:08 a.m., I told them, 'If we can make it happen, let's try to make it happen.'" ...more

August 15, 2008

Every so often, something so amazing and extraordinary comes along that makes people take interest in things they might never otherwise care about. That's happening right now in the Summer Olympics in the swimming events. We're being treated to something we might not see again in our lifetimes. ...more

August 14, 2008