Hillsborough County Fire Rescue Capt. Todd Burchardt remembers hopping on the Internet months ago during a break in calls at a fire station in Westchase. He visited the Web page of Badcock Home Furnishings and read news stories about U.S. sprinter Tyson Gay, who set a record at the Olympic trials. ...more

September 27, 2008

Tyson Gay reached back to grab the baton "and there was nothing." He's not the only American track favorite who will leave Beijing empty-handed. ...more

August 22, 2008

Usain Bolt rewrote the record books again and captured his first Olympic medal Saturday, running the 100-meter dash in a stunning 9.69 seconds for a blowout win that could have been even worse. ...more

August 16, 2008

For Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell, it will still be a dream matchup. For Tyson Gay, a bitter disappointment. ...more

August 16, 2008

Thinking out loud until it started to hurt... After a recent 'record-setting performance by American sprinter Tyson Gay, Christian Web site One News Now, which uses a computer filter to change potentially offensive words, posted a story on the success of speedy champion Tyson Homosexual. Personally, I'm just glad Gay wasn't a biathlete. ...more

July 19, 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

Florida State sprinter Walter Dix qualified for the Beijing Olympics on Sunday, and Dix has yet to compete in his signature event at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials in Eugene, Ore. ...more

June 30, 2008

Clearwater's Robert Margalis was once again in the worst possible position at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials: third place, just one spot away from making the Olympic team. ...more

June 30, 2008

Before he competed in Saturday's shot put final at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, the public-address announcer told the Hayward Field crowd that Garrett Johnson was a Rhodes Scholar. ...more

June 29, 2008