Wariner follows in Johnson&#39;s shoes
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HE wears white shoes and betrays not a skerrick of Michael Johnson&#39;s charisma, yet Jeremy Wariner, an unpretentious 20-year-old Texan, ran like an angel to start what looms as a dominance of the 400m to rival his mentor.
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ATHENS, Greece -- He was leading the race, but for some reason, you just had the feeling he might slow down. I don&#39;t know what it was about American Jeremy Wariner, his technique or thin muscles or something
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Teammate Anthony Johnson calls him one of the &quot;top 10 players in the world.&quot; The Oakland County, Mich., prosecutor calls him a defendant.
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As the top seed in the Chase for the NASCAR Nextel Cup, Jimmie Johnson knows whom he will be watching out for when the Chase gets under way Sunday with the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway.
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The 6-2, 288-pound Johnson will move to the Broncos&#39; exempt/commissioner permission list -- that means he could be activated to the 53-man roster within two weeks.
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PHOENIX -- The Yankees&#39; on-again, off-again pursuit of Randy Johnson is back on again, only a week after a three-team mega deal that would have sent the 41-year-old Diamondbacks&#39; left-hander to New York collapsed because the Dodgers pulled out of the
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Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Randy  Johnson moved a step closer to his dream of joining the New  York Yankees on Thursday, agreeing a two-year contract  extension worth a reported $32 million.
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Athens -- In winning the gold medal in the 400 meters and leading the United States to its first sweep in an Olympic track and field event since 1988, Jeremy Wariner did something else of great significance.
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SYRACUSE, NY -- Two national player of the year candidates, Syracuse&#39;s Hakim Warrick and Mississippi State&#39;s Lawrence Roberts, will lead their respective clubs into the semifinals of the Coaches vs.
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Jeremy Wariner kept alive US tradition in the 400 meters, winning gold Monday night and leading an American sweep of the medals. Wariner, 20, became the sixth straight American to win the Olympic title by finishing in 44.
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Joe Johnson paced Phoenix to a 112-110 win Friday over Seattle with 24 points and 10 rebounds to push the Sun&#39;s record to 20-3, an NBA-best.
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If LA&#39;s Shawn Green waives a no-trade clause and agrees to land in Arizona and Johnson gives his OK to work in The Bronx, the Dodgers, Diamondbacks and Yankees will have put together a blockbuster
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No question he&#39;ll pound it. That&#39;s the foundation of his philosophy and the Redskins will be successful. They will use Portis to open up other areas of the offense and they should have a big game.
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Joe Torre knows there are no guarantees as to which players thrive in New York and which players wilt under the pressure. But he&#39;s got a good idea about Randy Johnson.
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American 400 meters world champion Jeremy Wariner suffered a surprise loss to Australian Daniel Batman over 200 meters at the Sydney Grand Prix meeting on Saturday.
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ATHENS, Greece  -- Jeremy Wariner picked up where Michael Johnson left off as he became the sixth straight American to win an Olympic 400-meter title and led a U.S. sweep of the medals. Wariner, 20, finished in 44.00 seconds -- a personal best and fastest in the world this year. He crossed the finish line with his arms extended in victory, followed by silver medalist Otis Harris (44.16) and bronze medalist Derrick Brew (44.42).
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The endgame of Randy Johnson&#39;s maneuvering to be traded to the New York Yankees, an issue in Arizona since June, is close to being written in blockbuster-trade fashion.