Shot at gold is an airball
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ATHENS, Greece, There it was, the almost incomprehensible. Manu Ginobili and 11 Argentines you never heard of running out the clock on NBA stars in the Olympics.
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THE first shot in what could prove to be a stormy summer Down Under was fired yesterday when Lleyton Hewitt balked at the decision of Tennis Australia to deaden the court
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This is how he did it. This is how Roger Federer got himself a roomful of sterling silver, a Swiss bankful of cash, and three straight crowns in this town. By inventing, by executing, by enduring.
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Tyson Gay won his third gold medal at the World Championships. For Allyson Felix, it is two - and counting.
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Derek Jeter&#39;s diving grab against the Red Sox in July caught the attention of all of baseball and perhaps earned him his first American League Gold Glove.
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Don't let the act fool you. Two-time Olympic shot put silver medalist Adam Nelson, who warms up for each throw by clapping his hands, stomping around the landing area, yelling, and ripping off his warmup shirt, isn't the wild man he appears to be.
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On the day that Great Britain embarked on an Olympic gold rush, the nation&#39;s cricketers caught the mood immaculately with a clinical performance at The Oval.
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NEW YORK - Judging merely by the motion Jamal Crawford was using on his jump shot, it was clear he had leapt into the realm players call âThe Zone.
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CIRCUMSTANCE: Their first season together ended in a playoff sweep by the Utah Jazz, on May 12, 1997. Kobe Bryant, then an 18-year-old rookie, shot an airball on a potential game-winner in regulation and then three airballs in overtime.
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Kim Rhode earned the United States a gold medal in double trap shooting yesterday, staking a unique claim as the first and last winner of the Olympic event.
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This gold medal comes with a broken heart. This victory - as dominant as the Olympic Games have seen in years from any sport, any team, any nation - comes with a searing sense of loss.
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IRELANDâS only gold medal of the Athens Olympics will depend on a drugs test in New York on the blood sample given by Waterford Crystal, the horse on which Cian OâConnor won the showjumping title.
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Gold medals are rare enough commodities but they become even more precious when won as unexpectedly as those by Britain&#39;s 4x100 metres relay team on Saturday.
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Metal bats have a magical quality. They can turn warning-track fly balls into home runs and pop-ups into hits.
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All the action as it happens as Paula Radcliffe goes for gold.
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ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece  -- Adam Nelson couldn&#39;t help himself. While parading with his silver medal around the ancient site that gave birth to the Olympics 28 centuries ago, he paused to look at the mark in the dirt he thought was his gold-medal spot.
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American Matthew Emmons fired at the  wrong target on the verge of victory in the Olympics men's  50-meter rife three-position target event to surrender an  almost certain gold medal to China's Jia Zhanbo on Sunday.