Olympics

U.S. Olympian Troy Dumais, a Buena High graduate, added to his career medal count Saturday, winning the men's 3-meter springboard at the U.S. national diving championships. Dumais, the bronze medalist in the men's synchronized 3-meter springboard at the London Olympics, ...

Colby Cameron is an undisputed starter, Mike Lieberthal is honored by the Phillies and Sage Erickson is an ASP champion. Local players and coaches are making news beyond the county lines. Here's what being said and done …

What an utterly charming Olympics. London could not have come off looking any better.

London Olympics end with pomp, pop

LONDON — Mike Krzyzewski is known for many things, his hops not among them. But when it finally became clear that the United States would win another gold medal in basketball, he started leaping like, well, any other gold medal ...

ANAHEIM — The Seattle Mariners got Dan Haren out of the game quickly and built a nice comfortable lead for Hisashi Iwakuma.

LONDON — Everybody knew she could do it. The big question was when was she going to.

LONDON — Be it a gold medal or a souvenir from a record relay run, Usain Bolt always gets what he wants at the Olympics.

The Final Chapter

It should come as no surprise that much of the Olympics coverage in the U.S. is focused on American athletes and top performers from other countries. You're not going to hear much about the swimmer from Albania who won a ...

LONDON — The United States' 109-83 win over Argentina on Friday was like a fine dinner.

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The United States won its first gold medal in women's water polo, getting five goals from Maggie Steffens and a sterling performance from goalkeeper Betsey Armstrong to cruise to an 8-5 win over Spain on Thursday.

Hope Solo found herself enveloped in a group hug at the final whistle. Abby Wambach ran to join the fun in a celebration that unleashed a year of bottled-up frustration.

As the Games of the XXX Olympiad wind down to their conclusion Sunday, it's interesting to note that their ratings on NBC have done very well despite the impact social media has had on the Games.