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RIO DE JANEIRO -- There will come a point Saturday when the whistle will be blown, the ball will be kicked, and Brazil will take its place as the yearlong epicenter of the soccer world. The opening of the men's Confederations Cup will officially l...

Shaun White got his six-peat and proved that winning never gets old.

Mark McMorris put on a Slopestyle show to win the anticipated showdown with Shaun White.

Why being herself is Roz Groenewoud's best defense in Women's Ski SuperPipe at X Games Aspen.

With every sunrise and sunset, with the change of another season, the moments from the greatest two weeks in Maggie Steffens' young athletic life drift further and further away. Four months after carrying the U.S. women's water polo team to its first...

It has been a whirlwind ride for Missy Franklin since winning five medals at the London Olympics three months ago. Now, she is looking ahead to college and helping carry the torch in the sport of swimming.

After winning five Olympic medals in London, Missy Franklin recalls her dreamlike summer in ESPN The Magazine's Interview issue.

LONDON -- I came to England almost three weeks ago to tell the stories of some of the greatest Olympic athletes in the world. Michael Phelps. Missy Franklin. Jordan Burroughs. But along the way, I fell in love. Not with a woman, an ideal, a plate of ...

The U.S. women's volleyball team knows too well how losing to Brazil in the gold-medal match feels. It happened in Beijing. And it happened again in London.

Jordan Burroughs wasn't shy about telling people he'd win gold; after all, his Twitter handle is @alliseeisgold. Well, he got the job done, wrestling his way to his goal -- and gold.

The U.S. women's water polo team suffered through disappointments leading up to London, and a scare or two while at the Games, but in the end it got what it had long chased: the gold medal.

Team USA had hoped to defend its gold from Beijing, but instead heads home dazed, confused and without a medal after a stunningly convincing quarterfinal loss against Italy.

After upsetting the No. 1-ranked Brazilians in the semifinals, Jennifer Kessy and April Ross no longer should be considered the "other" American beach volleyball team.

Adam Krikorian's untimely timeout request allowed Australia to send the semifinal into OT and set the U.S. coach up for a lifetime of comparisons with Chris Webber.

Ellis Coleman is tough. Really tough. Growing up on the West Side of Chicago and enduring an abusive childhood will make you that way. But that doesn't mean losing is easy.

LONDON -- On his first morning of retirement, Michael Phelps couldn't sleep. Though he had stayed up until the early hours of Sunday morning celebrating the end of his career with friends and family, confusion reigned when 6 a.m. rolled around. T...