Once more, the gold medal was within Shawn Johnson's reach. Again, it was snatched away. ...more

August 18, 2008

Facing the strongest winds of the Olympic sailing competition, Clearwater's Zach Riley captured the silver medal in Finn class Sunday in Qingdao, China. ...more

August 17, 2008

A Swedish wrestler was disqualified and stripped of his bronze medal Saturday for dropping the prize in protest after a disputed loss at the Olympics. ...more

August 17, 2008

A North Korean shooter was stripped of his two medals and was expelled from the Beijing Olympics along with a Vietnamese gymnast Friday after they failed doping tests. ...more

August 16, 2008

Former Wharton High track and field standout Teona Rodgers, who recently completed her freshman season at Florida State University, captured the gold medal in the women's 100-meter hurdles Saturday at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. ...more

July 13, 2008

Germany's Stefan Schumacher surged to the overall lead in the Tour de France on Tuesday by winning the first individual time trial of the three-week race. ...more

July 9, 2008

Calvin Smith, the dad, spoke to Calvin Smith, the son, on the phone Wednesday. It was the eve of the most important race of young Calvin's career, tonight's 400-meter final at the United States Olympic Track and Field Trials at historic Hayward Field. ...more

July 3, 2008

Normally there is a little pomp when you win a medal in the Olympics, but it wasn't that way with Calvin Smith - not in this circumstance. They told him to go to this table under the stadium in Seoul. They handed him a bronze medal for the men's 100-meter dash. ...more

June 29, 2008

Hillsborough's Marlon Mitchell and Mitchell's Patrick Shuster are among 144 players from across the nation vying for a coveted spot at the 18-under National Baseball Team Trials this week at the invite-only Tournament of Stars at the USA Baseball Complex in Cary, N.C. ...more

June 16, 2008

A year ago, Plant High's Molly Hamrick was one of two rowers from Florida to be named to the U.S. Junior National team. Hamrick competed at the Junior World Championships in Beijing in the women's 8 as the United States won a bronze medal. ...more

June 11, 2008