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DALLAS -- At a time when comebacks appear to be all the rage in swimming and the likes of Janet Evans and Brendan Hansen have returned to the pool in the hopes of returning to Olympic glory, there's one man who has decided to stay home. And there's n...

Last September, Bob Bradley agreed to become the head coach of the Egyptian national team. He knew it would be the ultimate test.

Bob Bradley and Egypt's aging soccer star found more in common than just a desire to reach another World Cup, Wayne Drehs writes for ESPN The Magazine.

DALLAS -- Four months before trials, Holley Mangold's mother knew her daughter would be heading to London this summer for the Olympics. It had nothing to do with her belief in her daughter's abilities as a competitive weightlifter in the superheavywe...

DALLAS -- Archery has never been exactly what you would call a big spectator sport in America, but it might get a little more attention at the Olympics thanks to two recent Hollywood blockbusters. First, there was "The Hunger Games," in which young h...

DALLAS -- For the better part of 90 minutes here Sunday, Kayla Harrison sat on a podium in front of a group of strangers and tried to keep her composure and control her emotions. But it wasn't easy. "I have a little bit of adrenaline in me right ...

After failing to earn an Olympic berth in his past two attempts, Sam Hazewinkel booked a ticket to London at the U.S. Olympic trials Sunday.

Henry Cejudo won't be able to continue his Olympic dream like he wanted to, but the last thing the wrestler wants is for people to feel sorry for him.

Kelsey Campbell first got into wrestling on a bet she couldn't last in the sport. Now, she is on her way to the London Olympics.

Rulon Gardner's body was telling him it had enough. With his wrestling career coming to an end this weekend, the Olympic gold medalist will face his next challenge.

Former Olympic gold medalist Rulon Gardner elected on Friday not to weigh in for this weekend's U.S. Olympic wrestling trials.

The Dec. 10, 2011, brawl between Xavier and Cincinnati was just another chapter in the 55-year rivalry. But will the Cincy-Xavier rivalry survive its biggest blow? Wayne Drehs investigates for ESPN The Magazine.

In ESPN The Magazine's "The Year in Sports" issue, author Wayne Drehs writes that after the Penn State and Syracuse scandals, coaches from pee wee to college know they're being watched. But will it matter?

In the wake of the sexual abuse scandal at Penn State, and assistant coach Mike McQueary's reported role in reporting it, it seems everyone from South Beach to Seattle is evaluating his moral compass.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Inside the stadium, they were hoping for magic. They were hoping that somehow, some way, the football gods would help carry their team down the field for a game-tying field goal or, better yet, a game-winning touchdown. "Come...

Saturday was a day unlike any other in college football history; sure, many of the sounds were the same -- the voices of screaming fans, the boom of the marching band's base drum, but this was anything but normal.