Olympics
Column: Bolt says he's a "legend." Is he?
"Legend." A small word, but with such weight of meaning. Usain Bolt bandied it around a lot before the London Olympics, saying these would be the games where he wanted to become one.
Jamaica jubilant as Olympic team sweeps 200-meter
Throngs of Jamaicans erupted with shouts of joy Thursday as Usain Bolt and two of his countrymen swept the men's 200-meter race at the London Olympics.
Rudisha wins Olympic 800 in world-record time
David Rudisha did what no one else, Usain Bolt included, has been able to do at the London Games: set a world record on the Olympic track.
Column: Women's soccer gold gets grand stage
The game was nearly as grand as the stage, in doubt until the last seconds and so important that the winning country's commander in chief was following it back home. Across town, Usain Bolt was doing in London what he did in Beijing, but for 80,203 people at Wembley Stadium and the two best women's soccer teams in the world, this was their Olympic moment.
AP PHOTOS: US takes women's soccer gold
The Americans are again on top of the women's soccer world.
Wariner joins injured list on US relay team
Add Jeremy Wariner to the growing list of injured American relay runners. The 2004 Olympic champion at 400 meters tore his left hamstring and will miss the final of the 4x400-meter relay Saturday.
US runner finishes Olympic relay lap on broken leg
Manteo Mitchell heard the POP! and knew it wasn't good. "It felt like somebody literally just snapped my leg in half," he said.
Japan dejected after loss to US in women's final
Japanese soccer fans who got up before dawn to watch their team take on the U.S. women for the Olympic soccer gold medal started their day with disappointment.
Taylor wins Olympic triple jump gold for US
Christian Taylor won the Olympic triple jump gold medal Thursday night to go with his world title, overtaking U.S. teammate Will Claye with his fourth jump in the final.
Column: Boxer: `I might go into history books.'
She has a boxer's story: a troubled childhood, a brother in prison, a father who took up the sport to stay out of trouble yet couldn't watch her fight at the Olympics because of a criminal record of his own.
Servet Tazegul wins men's taekwondo Olympic gold
Turkey's Servet Tazegul has won the Olympic taekwondo gold medal in the men's 68-kilogram division.
Hero's welcome for Cyprus' first Olympic medalist
Donning laurel and olive wreaths on his head like Olympic champions of antiquity, Cyprus' first-ever Olympic medalist returned home a hero on Thursday with fans chanting his name.
Britain claims first gold in Olympic taekwondo
Britain's Jade Jones has won the country's first taekwondo gold medal.
Coach mentions Jordan while praising v-ball star
U.S. coach Hugh McCutcheon paid quite the tribute to Destinee Hooker while talking about her path to volleyball stardom.
Spotakova wins back-to-back Olympic javelin titles
Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic successfully defended her Olympic javelin title on Thursday night.
Boxing head hopes to scrap computer scoring system
The president of amateur boxing's governing body expects to replace the sport's computerized scoring system with the traditional professional judging system before the 2016 Rio Olympics.
May-Treanor done, but Walsh wants 4th beach gold
It's no wonder Kerri Walsh Jennings has an insatiable desire for Olympic gold medals: She can't take care of the ones she already has.
Rogge: Usain Bolt not a `legend' yet
Not so fast, Usain Bolt. You're not a legend yet.
Japanese wrestler wins 3rd straight Olympic gold
She wasn't about to pretend it was just another win.
Brazil gets rematch with US after beating Japan
Defending Olympic champion Brazil earned a rematch with the United States for the Olympic gold medal in women's volleyball with a straight-set victory over Japan on Thursday night.
Hi: 80 °F | Lo: 65 °F
- Listen
- News
- Traffic
- Weather
- Sports
- Living
- Alerts
Coming up on WTOP 103.5 FM today at 5:40 am:
Knuckleheads in the News: Vote for your favorite knucklehead!