Linford Christie puts Usain Bolt through his paces with quick fire questions.
EUGENE, Ore. -- According to a source, late Sunday night officials from USA Track and Field were working to convince sprinter Jeneba Tarmoh to participate in Monday evening's unprecedented tie-breaking 100-meter runoff at Hayward Field to decide the final individual spot on the U.S. women's 100 team in London. Tarmoh, 22, and training partner Allyson Felix, 26, a two-time Olympic silver medalist in the 200 are scheduled to race at shortly after 5 p.m., Pacific Time. NBC has committed to televising the runoff live to the Eastern and Central time zones, cutting into coverage of the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.
EUGENE, Oregon -- According to a source, late Sunday night officials from USA Track and Field were working to convince sprinter Jeneba Tarmoh to participate in Monday evening's unprecedented tie-breaking 100-meter runoff at Hayward Field to decide the final individual spot on the U.S. women's 100-meter team in London. Tarmoh, 22, and training partner Allyson Felix, 26, a two-time Olympic silver medalist in the 200 meters are scheduled to race at shortly after 5 p.m., Pacific Time. NBC has committed to televising the runoff live to the Eastern and Central time zones, cutting into coverage of the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.
EUGENE, Oregon -- On the seventh day of the controversy, finally there was a gasp that punched a hole in the clouds. (The metaphorical clouds, not the actual ones). It happened roughly eight seconds into the women's 200-meter final Saturday evening at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at Hayward Field. A starter's gun had been fired and eight women had exploded from metal blocks anchored to the pebbled orange track. They spread out through the turn in a stagger that looked like -- and always looks like -- an accordion fan.
Public schools in Oregon must discontinue the use of Native American names, symbols or images as mascots following a State Board of Education vote.
EUGENE, Ore. -- The beauty of America's smartest basketball player isn't in a layup or a fadeaway jumper or a no-look pass. It isn't in a classroom, or in a dorm room, or even in the numbers of a near-perfect GPA.
There are few topics in sport more taboo than betting. Ask baseball's Pete Rose.
Two American hikers accused of being spies in Iran will be released from an Iranian prison after a $500,000 bail is paid for each of them, their attorney said Tuesday.
Residents of smaller towns get into auto wrecks less often than their counterparts in bigger cities, according to Allstate's seventh annual "America's Best Drivers Report."
Elaine Farstad got antsy as she waited for her doctor, who was late for her scheduled appointment. Then she got downright impatient. Then, as nearly two hours passed, she got mad. Then she came up with an idea.
EUGENE, Ore. -- In the final strides of his race, Andrew Wheating had already begun to process the disappointment. It was the 1,500 meters at the USA Track and Field national championships Saturday afternoon at storied Hayward Field. (Where, as a University of Oregon sophomore in 2008, he had made the U.S. Olympic team -- and rocked the Hayward house -- with a stretch-running second-place finish in the 800 meters, the most emotional race of that year's Trials).
EUGENE, Ore. -- Long after his race was finished Friday evening, Justin Gatlin dressed in sweats and swapped his sprint spikes for a pair of clunky sneakers. He walked along an iron barrier near the warmup area behind the grandstand at Hayward Field. A friend approached from inside and snatched up Gatlin in a long embrace, chiropractor Dr. David Pascal. Then another friend did the same, former U.S. Olympic coach George Williams. Tears formed in Gatlin's eyes and then rolled down his cheeks, and not for the first time on this evening.
The U.S. women's water polo team went silver, bronze, silver in the last three Olympics, but it's been nothing but golden in the run up to 2012.
Elvy Musikka, 71, of Eugene, Oregon, says the post office lost something that could cost her more than just a buzz. She could lose her eyesight.
EUGENE, Ore. -- An hour before tipoff of the exhibition opener, the support staff was scrambling to update the roster. A few moments later -- just a couple of days after he'd first practiced -- Matt Losli was in uniform. And then in the game.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an emotionally divisive dispute on when children can be interviewed about sex abuse allegations without a warrant and without parents present.
Desiree Young again urges Terri Horman to cooperate with investigators
The deposed NBC host wows a 2,500-strong crowd in Eugene, Oregon with his live show
Premiering in November, his show will be the lead-in to Lopez Tonight on TBS
Attention shoppers: You have barely a month left before the homebuyer tax credit expires. But depending on where you live, you might not want to rush out to buy.
The comedian promises "music, comedy, hugging and the occasional awkward silence" during his 30-city tour
Football Insiders: Check out Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback.
EUGENE, Ore. -- In the stands above the Oregon end zone, a lone Ducks fan held up a yellow posterboard sign that perfectly summed up what took place here Saturday night. "Welcome," it said, "To the Fall of Troy."
The Hayward earthquake fault line runs directly under Memorial Stadium in Berkeley. But there was no seismic shift there on Saturday evening.
EUGENE, Ore. -- Chip Kelly had no other option. When he finally saw the video evidence everyone has been watching -- LeGarrette Blount's sucker-punching meltdown, an ugly, scary sequence that became an instant YouTube classic -- there was no question.
The IAAF World Championships in track and field kick off on Saturday morning in Berlin and run through Sunday Aug. 23. Here are five things to look for at the upcoming championships:
Who are the three Americans missing in Iran? CNN's Dan Simon reports.
These lists are not mere compilations of all-time bests in their respective sports but all-time bests at quickening the pulse and evoking a visceral response from those fortunate enough to have witnessed their artistry.
1. You have to seriously undercut the competition
Trisha Marcy wasn't looking for anything in particular when she decided to rummage through her mother's nightstand drawer in 1986.
Tracy Dupire of Worthington, Indiana, loves to drive her 2002 Ford Mustang convertible with the top down when the weather is nice. She's always had an American car and hopes she always will.
His path to the U.S. Olympics trials in Eugene, Ore., was not paved.
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