August 24, 2009 | Volume 111, Issue 7

Tiger in the Olympics? It's about time

Usain Bolt didn't showboat—he just crushed the world 100-meter record

A player in the English Premier League told a judge he was driving 112 mph because he thought the police car chasing him was filled with angry fans from a rival team.

For the 2009 NFL season, Donté Stallworth . The Browns' receiver, 28, served 24 days in prison after pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter in the death of a 59-year-old Miami Beach man in March....

Strikeouts the Indians' hitters are on pace for this season; Cleveland has eclipsed 1,000 whiffs every season since 1998.

Virginia Tech defensive coordinator, on senior tackle Cordarrow Thompson (left), who slimmed down from 340 pounds to 301:

Altruist and athlete, the Special Olympics founder saw the uplifting power of sports

What smart fans should do this week

"When I had my head shaved, people said I looked like Jim Carrey," says Thornton. Wilson's resemblance to Heat star Wade can have its advantages. "Once at a club in Miami everybody made a big...

Falconi, a sophomore at Georgia Tech, won two USTA Pro Circuit singles titles in two weeks—the Norman Wilkerson Tennis Experience and the Heartland Clinic USTA Women's Classic; she also teamed...

After the 2--1 loss in Mexico, the U.S. suddenly faces a make-or-break stretch in World Cup qualifying

The most exciting races in both leagues are for wild cards, and four unlikely teams are in hot pursuit of them

After spending three seasons as Pat White's backup, big-armed QB Jarrett Brown takes the reins at West Virginia

Can Britain's Jenson Button and his upstart team continue their winning ways amid a topsy-turvy season?

At the PGA Championship, South Korea's stunned the golf world by overtaking sports' greatest front-runner to become the first Asian male to win a Grand Slam event

Jamaica's Usain Bolt eyed the timer as he crossed the finish line in the 100-meter final at the world championships in Berlin on Sunday and liked what he saw: 9.58, which shattered the world...

A towering figure in hoops-crazed Kentucky, Louisville coach has weathered sordid revelations of an affair with a woman accused of trying to extort him. The Cardinals, after all, need him

Until he does, that is. Welcome to Chicago, a tough football town with a history of eating up and spitting out

Michael Vick began practicing with the Eagles, with plenty of questions still hanging in the air

Twenty years ago one teenager made a bet on the stardom of another teen, whose rookie card would become one of a kind. It would also signal the beginning of the end of a once-thriving industry

Fate chose to be the one left a quadriplegic, but he became the force behind a research center that has saved or improved the lives of other spinal-cord victims. He also brought peace of mind to...

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sunny side of Florida International's $50 million, 20,000-seat football stadium in South Miami, one year removed from its unveiling, construction residue has the feel of pixie dust. The new...

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Should we tut-tut about those on-course expletives? Hell, no

WHICH OF THE 2009 MAJORS WAS YOUR FAVORITE?

Thoughts on the 11th Solheim Cup at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill.:

Imagine that the PGA Championship was the 2016 Olympics. improbable victory might have touched off the next golf boom, and even Tiger Woods could've found a silver lining in his most crushing defeat

Only 12 players made the cut in all four major championships this season. Here's how they rank based on average finish.

beat the Golden Bear in golf's ultimate big-game battle? Is Tiger Woods's dominance over the past 13 years a greater feat than Jack Nicklaus's over 25 years? While we're at it, who had the better...