The Olympics may just be a sporting event, but it is hard not to read larger messages into the results, especially when you see how China and America have dominated the medals tally. Both countries can - and will - look at their Olympic successes as reaffirmations of their distinctly different political systems. But what strikes me is how much they could each learn from the other. This, as they say, is a teaching moment. ...more

August 26, 2008

Sanya Richards clutched this medal, stared at it, smiled at it. A few feet away, Allyson Felix did the same. ...more

August 24, 2008

Tampa native Damu Cherry has advanced to the Olympic Games finals of the women's 100-meter hurdles. ...more

August 18, 2008

She wasn't among the automatic qualifiers and she's suffering the effects of a flu bug, but Leto High and University of South Florida product Damu Cherry still managed to escape the first qualifying round of the women's 100-meter hurdles. ...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

MVP PROFILE Nature Coast's Danielle Doucet didn't disappoint after a whirlwind freshman campaign, adding another state medal and being named Hernando Today's Girls Track and Field Player of the Year. ...more

July 30, 2008

MVP PROFILE Hernando High's Tyler Maier completes breakthrough senior year by claiming Boys Track and Field Player of the Year honors. ...more

July 30, 2008

OREGON - Sprinter Tyson Gay has a mild strain in a muscle in the back of his leg and he has been told to restrict himself to light physical activity for the next two weeks. ...more

July 6, 2008

In her first U.S. Olympic track and field trials, Tampa's Damu Cherry looked more like a determined, business-like veteran than a 30-year-old rookie. ...more

July 6, 2008

EUGENE, Ore. -- John Capel credits his 8-year-old daughter, Janya, with keeping him honest. After Capel, who served a two-year suspension from track for smoking marijuana, ran his opening-round 200-meter race Friday in the US Olympic Track and Field Trials, he said his daughter keeps on him about staying out of trouble. ...more

July 5, 2008