A rally, a world track silver for Lindblom’s Shamier Little
From nervous tears of anticipated despair to the joy of winning a silver medal. That is the range of emotion Lindblom grad Shamier Little went through in 49 hours at...
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Marathoner Liliya Shobukhova can compete again, but not in Chicago
A doping case version of a plea bargain has made defrocked Bank of America Chicago Marathon champion Liliya Shobukhova eligible to compete again now. But don't expect to see the...
Evan Jager no match for Kenyans in world meet steeplechase
Evan Jager is by far the fastest U.S. steeplechaser in history. And that simply isn't good enough against the Kenyans who have utterly dominated the race at global championships. Running...
For U.S. men, it’s mostly one (week) and done in Grand Slam tennis
As in all the Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the men's singles competition at the U.S. Open that begins Aug. 31 will take seven rounds and two weeks to complete. But...
Decathlete Zach Ziemek isn’t a perfect 10, but he’s getting there
Zach Ziemek has envisioned big things for himself in the decathlon since his sophomore year at Lake Park High School. Yet it still felt like future shock two years ago...
Indiana QB Nate Sudfeld’s work in Uganda puts injury in perspective
Nate Sudfeld began hectoring his parents late last summer to arrange another trip to the Ugandan villages where the Indiana quarterback first experienced at 14 the humanitarian work with the...
Best U.S. Olympic Games plan? Salt Lake — L.A. twinbill
Before the U.S. Olympic Committee decides later this month whether to make Los Angeles a candidate for the 2024 Summer Games, I have a two-phase idea and a long-range plan:....
Repeating history could be bad for two-time Olympic host L.A.
The U.S. Olympic Committee appears confident a Los Angeles bid for the 2024 Summer Games will not be buffeted by opposition similar to what played a major role in the...
Failure in final event sums up U.S. showing at swim worlds
The final event of the meet pretty much summed up Team USA's performance in the pool at the World Swimming Championships that ended Sunday in Kazan, Russia. It was the...
In Buffalo area, Patrick Kane supporters left shaking heads over latest incident
Tom Farkas planned to mark the presence of the Stanley Cup in the Buffalo, N.Y., area by putting a big mural of Patrick Kane in the window of his hockey...