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Jim Hartung, who helped lead US men’s gymnastics team to 1984 Olympic gold, dies at 65
8+ hour, 1+ min ago (296+ words) LINCOLN, Neb. " Jim Hartung, a two-time Olympian who helped lead the 1984 U.S. team to its first and only gold medal in men's gymnastics, has died. He was 65. The University of Nebraska announced Hartung died Saturday night. He had been a Cornhuskers…...
Daywatch: After torn ACLs and 10 surgeries, she is heading to the Olympics
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (638+ words) Sarah Warren is off to Milan next month. Few American Olympians " or those anywhere else " will have endured as long and difficult a journey to Italy. In the past year alone, the 29-year-old Warren, who grew up in Willowbrook and…...
Olympia Fields-based cheer team brings a national title home to south suburbs
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (735+ words) Officials at Olympia Fields-based Fierce Elite Athletics are firm believers that it's never too early to start competing on a national level. As a matter of fact, there are 8-year-old cheerleaders who are old-timers at this place. "We start them…...
Patinadora rusa pierde última apelación en caso de dopaje de los Juegos Olímpicos de Beijing
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (286+ words) Los jueces del Tribunal Federal Suizo desestimaron el jueves la apelaci'n de Valieva para anular una suspensi'n de cuatro a'os impuesta por el Tribunal de Arbitraje Deportivo en enero del a'o pasado. El tribunal supremo orden' a Valieva pagar 7.000 francos…...
Lakes’ Will Mercure can’t remember his fall in the pole vault. Recovered, he believes ‘I could do anything.’
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (798+ words) To this day, Lake senior Will Mercure can't recall the most traumatic moment of his life. Mercure, a 5-foot-10, 160-pound wide receiver/cornerback for the football team, suffered a fractured skull when he overshot the mats and hit the floor…...
‘Pommel Horse Guy’ — a year after fame found him at Paris Olympics — is back for more
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (864+ words) NEW ORLEANS " The glasses haven't gone anywhere. And they aren't going anywhere. The same goes for Stephen Nedoroscik's hair, which remains a bit of a floppy, curly brown mess. Nor, insists the gymnast who became forever known as "Pommel Horse…...
Simone Biles and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander win top honors at ESPYS
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1001+ words) LOS ANGELES " NBA Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles won as best male and female athletes at the ESPYS on Wednesday night. Gilgeous-Alexander led the Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA championship last month while piling…...
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander y Simone Biles ganan máximos honores en los ESPYS
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (714+ words) Gilgeous-Alexander llev" al Thunder de Oklahoma City al campeonato de la NBA el mes pasado, adem's de acumular premios como el Jugador M's Valioso de la liga y campe"n anotador. "Es un sue'o hecho realidad y para que los…...
Mother-daughter pageant winners focus on mental health as they prepare for next contest
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (631+ words) As an avid dancer for much of her 14 years, Orland Park's Julia Yock the contemporary, hip hop, jazz and ballet choreography she so loves has propelled her to success, including becoming Miss Teen Illinois International 2025. But along with physical stamina,…...
After a back fracture, Libertyville freshman Danica Meller wonders, is she ‘good enough’? She has her answer.
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (598+ words) Adversity hit Libertyville freshman Danica Meller's high school soccer career before it even started. Late last summer, Meller suffered a serious lower-back injury, which sidelined her for 10 weeks. A high-level player with tremendous upside, she was suddenly nervous about her…...