First Cup: Friday

...come up with a new nickname for Shaquille O'Neal. Let me save everybody all the mental gymnastics. Just call the new Cav, the 'Big Delusional.' Arriving with the motto, "Win a Ring for...

Dream Team earns spot in U.S. Olympics HOF

The Dream Team has earned a spot in the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

Women's gymnastics championships to change?

The NCAA women's gymnastics committee is recommending changes to the national championship format: It wants four teams to compete in the finals instead of the current six.

NCAA Winter Champions Gallery

Hi-Res photos of NCAA Winter Champions

Pac-10 lunch links: Best answers (lots of) questions

...nbsp;Romanian! That should come in handy if Verner one day wants to cover women's gymnastics. Pete Carroll uses a popular hermeneutic to promulgate his exegesis of an achroamatic cultural artifact he...

Phelps' 4 nominations headline ESPY nominees

Michael Phelps has 14 Olympic gold medals but only one ESPY. That's likely to change after he led the way Wednesday with four nominations for next month's ESPY Awards.

IOC watches inquiry of Chinese gymnasts' ages

The International Olympic Committee says it is following developments in the case of the two gymnasts on China's 2000 Olympic team who are suspected of being underage.

FIG looking into China's '00 Olympic gymnasts

The International Gymnastics Federation's disciplinary commission is looking into whether two members of China's 2000 Olympic squad were underage when they competed.

Honoring a College Star

This past year, college sports was full of great athletes and great moments. There were record-setting performances, unbelievable plays and thrilling...

Gymnast Kupets is top female college athlete

Gymnast Courtney Kupets of Georgia has won the Honda-Broderick Cup, given to the nation's top female college athlete.

...2009: Georgia's Courtney Kupets during her beam routine Saturday April 18, 2009 at the 2009 NCAA Gymnastics Championships at the Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln, Neb

Leading the Cheers

The crowd plays a very important part in sporting events. A loud group of fans can make the home team play better; by inspiring the players to do their best. But...

Maria Sharapova takes over ESPN The Magazine

For a third year running, ESPN The Magazine turned over an issue to the athletes it covers. When the editors asked a certain long-legged, power-hitting 22-year-old to run it, how could she say no?

UConn's Montgomery is a Broderick Cup finalist

Connecticut basketball star Renee Montgomery is among five finalists for the Honda-Broderick Cup.

June 12, 2009

June 12, 2009