Olympics

Colby Cameron is an NCAA record-holder, Rod Marinelli receives big praise and Clay Matthews makes Brown go blond. Local players and coaches are making news beyond the county lines. Here's what being said and done. …

Mike Bryan had just settled into his seat on a Southwest flight from Oakland to Burbank when the flight attendant came on the public address system to make an announcement. The flight attendant apologized for the interruption, but said he ...

Danni Alakija was making her way around the London Olympics pretty well until she ran into Michael Phelps in the dining hall. Literally. "I dropped my entire tray," said Alakija, the Oaks Christian School track athlete who competed in the ...

Missing the first two weeks of classes is generally not the best way for a college student to begin a senior year. But Cortney Jordan had a valid excuse. The Cal Lutheran swimmer was representing her country at the Paralympics ...

The competition in London didn't end after the Olympics. The Paralympic Games are going on now and have been a great success in terms of competition and attendance. They've done well in television ratings too, but not in this country ...

The explosion that took away Brad Snyder's sight couldn't touch the Navy lieutenant's fighting spirit. A year after Snyder stepped on an improvised explosive device laid by Taliban that he was trying to detect while on duty in Kandahar, the ...

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