Highland Park gymnast improves worlds finish
Jazzy Kerber of Highland Park finished 19th in the all-around Friday at the World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in Izmir, Turkey. That was an improvement of three places over Kerber's finish...
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DeKalb’s James rower of year
DeKalb's Grant James has been named US Rowing male athlete of the year. James, 27, won a silver medal in the four at the recent World Championships. The DeKalb High...
USOC corrects DeVry tuition issue for bobsledder
Three years ago, the United States Olympic Committee announced a sponsorship deal with DeVry University to provide either full scholarships or discounted tuition in programs for Olympic athletes at the...
U of I named USOC Paralympic training site
For years, the University of Illinois has been recognized as the premier training environment for wheelchair racers in the United States. Now the United States Olympic Committee has designated the...
IOC making future hosts sign non-discrimination clause
Thomas Bach has been president of the International Olympic Committee barely a year, but he is beginning to turn the hidebound organization inside out. The latest move is philosophically the...
Time for USOC to tell U.S. Soccer, ‘No Hope’
It's time the U.S. Olympic Committee stepped into the Hope Solo situation, because U.S. Soccer said Monday it has not changed its mind. Before getting to that, let me join...
Illinois’ Baker competes to honor late mother
Bobby Baker was 5 when his mother put him in a Lemont Park District gymnastics program. At the beginning, Baker was frustrated by being unable to get his body to...
Man, oh man, Katie Ledecky was fast
USA Swimming inadvertently helped put Katie Ledecky's remarkable achievements in perspective last week by announcing the qualifying time standards for the 2016 Olympic Trials. Bill Mallon, the world's leading authority...
Lipinski, Weir promoted to No. 1 NBC skating broadcast team
After their work at the Sochi Olympics drew widespread praise, Tara Lipinski and Johnny Weir have been promoted to be NBC's primary figure skating commentators, according to Tribune sources familiar...
No Sky players will compete at worlds
No Sky players are among the finalists for the U.S. team at the upcoming World Championship in Turkey. Elena Delle Donne, Sylvia Fowles and Courtney Vandersloot had been originally invited...