Bahamas’ Thomas leaps to fairytale win
Caribbean Net News - OSAKA, Japan (AFP): Bahamian Donald Thomas was the surprise winner of the men’s world high jump gold on Wednesday in a fairytale end to the competition. Thomas, a breakthrough athlete who is only in his second season of serious competition, stunned

Ladies and Gents (But Mostly Gents), Your 2007 Hottest Female Athlete
AOL - And it wasn’t even close: Ashley Force , she of the funny car drag racing — which isn’t exactly a sport that sends men into dreamy thoughts of female beauty — has decisively taken down the field in the AOL Sports Hot Female Athlete Contest, rolling

Ohuruogu: Light at the end of the tunnel
Daily Telegraph - Ohuruogu, the second-oldest and a regular churchgoer, shares a bedroom with her young sister, Victoria, another talented athlete coached by Cowan at the nearby Mile End Stadium. They all thought Ohuruogu was going to develop into an international

York College athlete denies assaulting man walking on street
Philadelphia Inquirer - YORK, Pa. - A York College athlete denied assaulting a man walking with a female student from the college on a city street earlier in August. Chad A. McGowan, 21, a 6-foot-7, 220-pound basketball forward, was charged Monday with simple assault and

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