Walter Dix News

He can't outrun fame. Just recently, Gay and his 6-year-old daughter were at the Disney Store in their hometown of Lexington, Ky., when they were accosted by a couple of toughs okay, the kids were, like, 7 who ...

Jim Scherr isn't conceding anything. The chief executive of the U.S. Olympic Committee is merely being realistic in saying China probably will win the most medals at the Beijing Games That's not supposed to ...

Sept. 5: This surfer pays the price after he took advantage of Tropical Storm Hanna's waves this in Myrtle Beach, SC.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Jamaican sprint king Usain Bolt clocked a blistering 19.63 seconds despite easing up before the finish at the Athletissima Grand Prix on yesterday, his first 200-metre race since the ...

Jamaica's Asafa Powell on Tuesday ran the second fastest ever time in the 100m in clocking 9.72sec at the track meeting in Lausanne.

The Olympics is over, but images of athletes performing at their peak remain indelible in our minds - especially when one of those Olympians is from Tallahassee.

Usain Bolt returned to the track after the Olympics to win the 100 metres in 9.83 seconds at the Weltklasse meet yesterday.

Unlike my hard-working colleague Michael DiRocco, who's consumed 24/7with staying on top of happenings in Gainesville and thus couldn't watch the Olympics, I did watch the Games and for the most partenjoyed ...

Richard Thompson, it seemed, went temporarily insane after The Race. But who could blame the 23-year-old sprinter for jumping up and down, throwing himself on the ground, and then staying out on the track for ...

The 22-year-old Jamaican sprinter is set to compete at the Weltklasse meet in Zurich on Friday, where he can collect a kilogramme of gold and prize money worth a combined US$93,000 if he breaks his 100-metre ...

If you've been watching the Olympics on television, you may have seen Walter Dix win the bronze medal in the Men's 100-meter race on the track at National Stadium in Beijing.

In a few short hours, the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will come to an end for the world, NBC and yours truly.

ANJA NIEDRINGHAUS Associated Press Jamaica's Usain Bolt, right, leads former Razorback Wallace Spearmon during a semifinal of the men's 200-meter at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing on Tuesday.

Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. That is why winning an Olympic medal is so elusive.

The Netherlands Antilles has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport to restore Churandy Martina as the third-place finisher in the men's 200 metres after he was disqualified for stepping out of his ...

Only in America could 20 Olympic medals in seven days of track and field competition be considered a disappointment.

By HOWARD FENDRICH Liu Xiang and the entire nation of China looked forward to this moment for years: The defending Olympic champion lining up to run the 110-meter hurdles at the Beijing Games.He didn't even ...

Tailback Jeffrey Demps brings his elite speed to the UF backfield. Demps' 10.17-second 100-meter dash at the Florida Relays held at Percy Beard track at UF was the fastest time recorded by any high school ...

I'm an Olympic junkie. My wife and the bags underneath my eyes for the last two weeks can attest to that.

Before Jamaican speedster, there were three super athletes to have won the most prized athletics medals, the 100m and 200m gold medals in one single Olympics.