Harper wins 100m hurdles

Olympic gold medalist Dawn Harper won the 100-meter hurdles at the Zagreb Grand Prix on Monday.

Avs fire Granato, name new GM

The Avalanche have fired coach Tony Granato and five other members of the hockey operations staff.

Powell wins 100 in 10.23 seconds

Former world record-holder Asafa Powell looked comfortable in his first competitive 100-meter race of 2009, clocking 10.23 seconds to win at the season-opening World Athletics Tour meet on Thursday.

Behind Wade, Heat take control with big run and easily beat Wizards

Dwyane Wade scored 24 points to help the Heat wallop Washington 97-77 on Friday night.

Powell run second-fastest 100 ever at Athletissima Grand Prix

Asafa Powell matched the second-fastest 100 meters ever and Usain Bolt clocked the second-fastest 200 this year as the Jamaican friends and rivals dominated the Athletissima Grand Prix on Tuesday.

Bolt runs 100 meters in 9.83 seconds for victory

Usain Bolt continued his domination of the sprints on Friday with a comfortable 100-meter victory at the Weltklasse Golden League meet.

In Liu's absence, Cuba's Robles cruises to gold in 110 hurdles

Dayron Robles of Cuba has won the 110-meter hurdles, claiming a gold medal that Chinese organizers had long hoped would belong to Liu Xiang.

Lagat puts 1,500 behind him, qualifies for 5,000 final

Bernard Lagat advanced to the 5,000-meter final on Wednesday.

Bolt wins semi in 200 meters; Oliver, Robles strong in 110 hurdles

Jamaica's Usain Bolt has won his semifinal in the 200 meters, moving closer to becoming the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to sweep the Olympic sprint titles.

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...Then it was SHOWTIME!!! "The only difference was that it was practice, not the real thing." David Oliver: Brash American 110m Hurdler David Oliver can't help himself: "I watched one of the swimming...

Complete U.S. Olympic rosters

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Isinbayeva breaks own pole vault world record; Powell runs fastest 100 time

Asafa Powell ran his fastest 100 meters of the season Tuesday and Yelena Isinbayeva broke her own record in the women's pole vault to highlight the Herculis Super Grand Prix meet.

Jamaica's Powell, Simpson win at London Grand Prix

Asafa Powell won the 100 meters Friday at the London Grand Prix in 9.94 seconds.

Powell wins DN Galan 100 meters in 9.88 seconds

Asafa Powell capitalized on Usain Bolt's weak start and edged the world-record holder by one-hundredth of a second, leading from start to finish in the 100 meters at the DN Galan meet.

...shows up for the premiere back in 1988 (she was big then? Awesome!) With her is David Oliver, a soap opera actor who passed away in 1992