Sanya Richards News

Lauren Cheney and Julie Scheidler have made the first December weekend an annual get-together. The former Indianapolis Star Super Team Players of the Year are in the women's College Cup, or NCAA soccer final four, again.

Baylor director of track and field Clyde Hart will have to add a "World" section to his coaching trophy case.

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson have been linked since their epic 1979 NCAA title game.

Seven-time world champ Manny Pacquiao said the record pay-per-view buys of his "Firepower" match with Miguel Cotto has proven there's no need for "trash talk" to sell a fight.

Tyson Gay and Sanya Richards Are 2009 Jesse Owens Awardwinners The Athlete of the Year honors are given by USA Track & Field and both recipients are previous winners, Gay in 2007 and Richards in 2006.

Cornerback Aaron Ross hopes to make his season debut Sunday when the Giants host Atlanta in their 10th game of the season.

22, 2009, in Monaco. Michael Steele/Getty Images 2 of 3 Sanya Richards celebrates after winning the women's 40-meter race at the Zurich IAAF Golden League athletics meeting on Aug.

American Tyson Gay, right, beat Jamaica's Usain Bolt at the 2007 world championships, but the Jamaican has taken sprinting to an unprecedented level since.

Tyson Gay and Sanya Richards were voted the winners of the 2009 Jesse Owens Awards by members of the U.S. track and field media, along with track fans who voted for their favorites in the first-ever Jesse Owens Athletes of the Year Fan Vote presented by Nike.

Tyson Gay and Sanya Richards have both won the Jesse Owens Award for a second time.

Tyson Gay and Sanya Richards have both won the Jesse Owens Award for a second time.

Tyson Gay and Sanya Richards have both won the Jesse Owens Award for a second time.

Will Ronaldo grace the World Cup 2010? The final stage of European World Cup Final qualification takes place on Saturday with the first legs of eight play off matches.

Zensational , the first horse to win three consecutive Grade I sprint events, was retired from racing and will stand at Hill 'n' Dale Farms in Lexington.

Is Sanya Richards the Female Athlete of the Year? Yesterday we told you about the five male contenders for top year-end IAAF honors.

Minister of Education, Andrew Holness, has appealed to top-flight Jamaican athletes to use their celebrity status to leverage support for the education system.

Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates after his 200 metre win at the World Athletics Final in Greece in September.

IT is not unusual for athletes of Jamaican heritage to excel in track and field outside of the national colours.

Now is the time of year when fans and writers vote on their athletes of the year and, looking back on the 2009 season, that is a pretty easy job.

Christine Ohuruogu shares the same agent as Usain Bolt and, with the clock ticking on her attempt to defend her Olympic 400 metres title in the teeth of East London expectation, she could use some gentle advice from the great man on how to bolster her self-belief. In a slump: Christine Ohuruogu has endured a difficult 2009 and lost her 400m crown ...