Krzyzewski Coming Back as Team USA Coach
Streeter Lecka/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Mike Krzyzewski will return as the head coach of the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team.
Duke University told ESPN.com of the news Wednesday, and USA Basketball is expected to make a formal announcement at a n…
Mike Krzyzewski Might Coach Team USA Again After All
Streeter Lecka/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — After declaring that he was walking away from being the head coach of the United States Olympic men’s basketball team, Coach K is in discussions to return to the team, according to SI.com.After the 2012 Olympics…
Lakers’ Dwight Howard Wants to Play In 2016 Olympic Games
NBA via Los Angeles Lakers(NEW YORK) — After missing out on a chance to win the gold medal for Team U.S.A. in Beijing this past summer, Los Angeles Lakers center Dwight Howard would like to help bring home the gold again in Rio.Howard would have won a…
Oscar Pistorius to Be Released on Bail
Bryn Lennon/Getty Images(PRETORIA, South Africa) — Oscar Pistorius, the Olympian accused of murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine’s Day, will be released on bail, a South African magistrate ruled on Friday.In reading his lengthy dec…
US, Iran Band Together to Save Wrestling as an Olympic Sport
ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/GettyImages(NEW YORK) — Washington and Tehran have finally found common ground although it has nothing to do with Iran’s rogue nuclear program.Last week’s announcement that the International Olympic Committee’s executive board has re…
‘Blade Runner’ Olympian Arrested After Allegedly Shooting Girlfriend
Bryn Lennon/Getty Images(PRETORIA, South Africa) — Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympic gold medalist known as the “Blade Runner,” was taken into custody in South Africa on Thursday and charged with the murder of his girlfriend, who was fatally shot at …
IOC Drops Wrestling from 2020 Olympic Games
JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images(LAUSANNE, Switzerland) — One of the oldest sports in the Olympics will be no more as the International Olympic Committee has dropped wrestling from the 2020 games.The surprise decision was made to remove wrestling from it…
Mike Eruzione Remembers 1980
Doug Pensinger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — With the 2014 Winter Olympics just a year away, an Olympic hero, Mike Eruzione, remembers how he scored the go-ahead goal in the 1980 Winter Olympic gold medal game against the Soviets, to put him in hockey lure…
Kristi Yamaguchi Reflects on Olympic Career
Angela Weiss/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The 2014 Winter Olympic Games are one year away in Sochi. ABC’s Dancing With the Stars champion and 1992 gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi is teaming up with Team Kellogg’s, working with current athletes as th…
Catching Up With Olympic Legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Andy Lyons/Allsport(NEW YORK) — Jackie Joyner-Kersee is ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women’s heptathlon and women’s long jump.
During her Olympic career, Kersee took home three gold, one silver, and two bronze medals …
Catching Up With Olympic Legend Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Andy Lyons/Allsport(NEW YORK) — Jackie Joyner-Kersee is ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women’s heptathlon and women’s long jump.
During her Olympic career, Kersee took home three gold, one silver, and two bronze medals …
Olympic Runner Suzy Favor Hamilton Worked as Escort in Vegas
Andy Lyons/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) — Former U.S. Olympian and decorated middle-distance runner Suzy Favor Hamilton said Thursday that she had worked as a high-paid escort in Las Vegas for the past year.In a story first reported by The Smoking Gun, Fav…
Olympians Live Longer, Study Finds
CHRISTOPHE SIMON/AFP/GettyImages(NEW YORK) — Not only does Michael Phelps have more gold medals than you, he’ll probably live longer, too. A new study found Olympic medalists live an average of 2.8 years longer than their fellow countrymen…
Former Olympic Swim Coach Charged with Child Abuse
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md.) — A once-prominent swim coach who trained Olympic athletes and thousands of other young hopefuls was charged Thursday with abusing one of his teen swimmers 30 years ago.It is the latest blow to USA Swimmi…
Former Olympic Swim Coach Charged with Child Abuse
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md.) — A once-prominent swim coach who trained Olympic athletes and thousands of other young hopefuls was charged Thursday with abusing one of his teen swimmers 30 years ago.It is the latest blow to USA Swimmi…
Gold Medal Sprinter Tianna Madison Sued by Parents
Allyson Felix (R) and Tianna Madison celebrate after winning gold and setting a new world record in the Women’s 4 x 100m Relay Final at the 2012 Olympic Games. Streeter Lecka/Getty Images(CLEVELAND) — United States gold medalist Tianna Madison and he…
China Denies Scripting Dramatic Olympic Moment
MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Could the Chinese government have orchestrated one of the most dramatic moments at the London Olympics, right down to the tears state-television anchors cried on air?A collective gasp was heard across China w…
Ryan Lochte to Trademark ‘Jeah’ Catchphrase
Adam Pretty/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Swimmer Ryan Lochte didn’t just win gold at the London Olympics, he won worldwide fame as well.And that fame is about to pay off. Lochte applied on Aug. 1 to trademark his now-signature catchphrase, &ls…
Nike T-Shirt Stirs Controversy
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Nike is in hot water over a new Olympics t-shirt they’ve released, especially since it’s only being offered for women.The plain black shirt boldly states “Gold Digger” ac…
NBC Sets Record for Olympic Viewers
Oli Scarff/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — According to statistics from Nielsen, the London Olympics drew an Olympic-record 219 million unique viewers across all of NBC’s platforms, surpassing the 215 million who watched the Beijing Olympics in 2008 an…