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UCLA gymnastics hosts Michigan for annual alumni meet
6+ hour, 23+ min ago (485+ words) The fourth-ranked UCLA women's gymnastics team has momentum on its side going into Saturday's Big Ten meet against No. 9 Michigan. Last week, the Bruins (8-2 overall, 4-0 Big Ten) maintained their unbeaten record in Big Ten meets with a 197.550-197.275 victory at No....
UCLA gymnastics team still strong with a new look
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (618+ words) Welcome to senior-season Jordan Chiles " and an upcoming season where a new-look UCLA gymnastic team greets a potentially impactful freshman class. Following a 2025 campaign, in which now-fourth-year coach Janelle McDonald led the Bruins to her best finish as runner-up to…...
USA Gymnastics names MLS exec Kyle Albrecht as next CEO
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (235+ words) USA Gymnastics named Major League Soccer executive Kyle Albrecht as its next president and CEO Tuesday, placing him in charge of leading a national governing body marked by both global dominance and scandal into the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles....
CAS rejects Israel’s effort to participate in artistic gymnastics worlds
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (267+ words) The CAS also turned down Israel's request to force the International Gymnastic Federation (FIG) to guarantee Israel's participation, or alternatively cancel or move the artistic worlds, set to start on Sunday in Jakarta. The Indonesia government last week said it…...
South Bay History: The remarkable story of Torrance’s own champion skater, Michelle Kwan
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (703+ words) Quick, name for me the U.S. ambassador to Belize from 2022 to 2025. Answer: figure skating legend Michelle Kwan. But we're getting ahead of our story. It begins with Kwan's birth at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Torrance (now owned by the…...
Lolo Jones’ Olympic Training Center ban rescinded
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (725+ words) Team USA world champion bobsledder Lolo Jones has been granted access to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Lake Placid, New York, nearly five months after she was banned from the facility following a verbal confrontation with a member…...
Athing Mu-Nikolayev chasing joy in return to Prefontaine Classic
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1020+ words) LOS ANGELES " Just as so much of American track and field's history has been written between the white lines of Hayward Field, so has the storied venue chronicled the life and times of Athing Mu-Nikolayev, arguably the most gifted female…...
SPECIAL REPORT: Lolo Jones banned from Olympic Training Center
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (1870+ words) Jones" suspension continues even though USOPC officials acknowledged she was wrongly denied medical treatment late on the afternoon of February 28, a decision that prompted the verbal confrontation. The USOPC did not interview eyewitnesses, according to Jones, a USA Bobsled and…...
Mary Lou Retton, US gymnastics icon who survived health scare, arrested on suspicion of DUI
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (286+ words) FILE " Mary Lou Retton celebrates her balance beam score at the 1984 Olympic Games, Aug. 3, 1984 in Los Angeles. Retton, 16, became the first American woman ever to win an individual Olympic gold medal in gymnastics. Retton continues to recuperate at home following…...
Double duty: Jolie Robinson thrives as parent, heptathlete at UC Irvine
9+ mon, 3+ day ago (1900+ words) UC Irvine track and field athlete Jolie Robinson with her son Micaiah, 5, on the UCI campus in Irvine on Thursday, May 1, 2025. Robinson tattooed Micaiah's name and Matthew 6 on her right arm. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz, Orange County Register/SCNG) IRVINE…...