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GYMNASTICS
Bela and Martha Karolyi prepare the best in U.S. women's gymnastics for the Olympics. And the system is working.
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ANGELS REPORT
Which is more prestigious, the Angels pitcher's World Series ring or his girlfriend's Olympic gold medal? >>
COMMENTARY
Politics shadow the worldwide competitions once again, but Abdul-Jabbar takes a different perspective on this year's call for a boycott. >>
Beach volleyball
The team wins its third consecutive AVP event with a victory over Wacholder and Turner. >>
MEN'S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Waves will face top-seeded, 28-1 Nittany Lions and their imposing frontline defense in NCAA final at UC Irvine. >>
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Other than flying a kite, few outdoor activities seem enjoyable once the late-afternoon winds kick up along the Huntington Beach shoreline. >>
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
The main event will be Friday and Saturday for men and women on the south side of the Huntington Beach Pier, followed Sunday by the Cuervo Gold Crown on the same deep-sand main court. >>
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
They will meet at Irvine. >>
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Waves are seeking their fifth national title; Penn State is the top-seeded team in the final four >>
OLYMPICS
With 100 days until the opening of the Beijing games, here are 10 U.S. athletes and events to watch: >>
OLYMPICS
Few have doubts the city will have stadiums and other tasks finished in time for the Aug. 8 start, as citizens hope pride overshadows global protests. >>
OLYMPICS
Political infighting has led to chaos, with two men now recognized by competing bodies as president of the country's athletics federation. >>
OLYMPICS
There are two openings for sports in the Games that year. IOC also will consider softball, rugby, squash, karate and roller sports. >>
TRACK AND FIELD
Seven of the eight women who ran with admitted doper Marion Jones in 2000 have begun a fund-raising campaign to finance their IOC appeal. >>
FIGURE SKATING
The reported switch from one weekend is a nod to NBC, which wants to air all finals live in prime time. Fans grumble online. >>
TRACK AND FIELD
The two-time world championships medalist is the first to successfully get a doping charge by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency overturned. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
The U.S. women's softball team calls its pre-Olympic tuneup the Bound 4 Beijing tour. >>
SOCCER DAILY REPORT
Though the Beijing team is still up in the air, Altidore makes a strong case with a stellar goal for the New York Red Bulls while Barrett's latest flub costs the Chicago Fire. >>
MARATHON
Tune edges Biktimorova to win by two seconds, the closest finish in the history of the women's race. >>
COMMENTARY
The eastern Washington city is the ideal host for the 2010 national championships. >>
OLYMPIC MARATHON TRIALS
They qualify for Beijing by finishing in the top three in the U.S. women's Olympic Marathon trial at Boston. >>
Q & A
The actress says that the IOC flunks in addressing the Darfur genocide, and she emphasizes China's power to influence the Sudanese government. >>
The Iraqi Basketball Assn. is trying to train the national team, but it faces a lack of funds and an increasingly conservative culture. >>
OLYMPIC TRIALS
Her personal best is more than nine minutes faster than anyone else in the field, though she has had disappointing finishes in her last two marathons. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
Allyson Felix and Bryan Clay submit to extra drug testing while preparing for Beijing. >>
OLYMPIC NOTEBOOK
Krzyzewski is emphasizing unity and NBA players appear to be buying in, so that USA Basketball can field a real team for Beijing, not just 'a selection of All-Stars.' >>
OLYMPICS
USOC chairman touts anti-doping efforts and discusses the torch relay protests but officials downplay medal expectations. >>
OLYMPICS
Erik Vendt and Larsen Jensen are among those choosing to wear new LZR Racer, worn by many who have broken world records. Others stick with sponsors and say it is not what you wear that matters. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
While activists bring attention to that country's links to violence in Darfur, many Americans planning to compete in Beijing Olympics choose to focus on training, not politics. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
Antisha Anderson, a four-time national youth heptathlon champion, is recovering from minimally invasive procedure to remove tumor. She feels blessed to be training again so soon. >>
COMMENTARY
News conferences this week will be telling in whether U.S. Olympians will be mum. Some French athletes have already made their opinions known. >>
TRACK AND FIELD
Officials plan to replace the suspended president of the sport's governing body as stars such as Guevara raise concerns. >>
OLYMPICS
Protests during Olympic torch relay have sparked a surge of Chinese nationalism and turned disabled torchbearer into a national hero. >>
COMMENTARY
Swayed by worldwide resentment toward that country because of its human rights record, the IOC president says China has ignored promises and asks it to 'respect this moral engagement.' >>
OLYMPICS
The head of the International Olympic Committee is using words that convey anything but a sense of joyous enthusiasm. >>
NEWSWIRE
Kai finishes with two goals and an assist -- all in the second half -- of a 3-0 victory over Costa Rica. >>
COMMENTARY
Resentment against host country grows, along with embarrassment for IOC, amid protests of human rights record and accusations of thuggery by paramilitary 'Flame Protection Unit.' >>
NEWSWIRE
Kai scores twice and Wambach also scores in a 3-1 victory. The winner of Wednesday's match against Costa Rica will advance to Beijing. >>
COMMENTARY
First the cyclist took steroids, then she was caught lying about it. To blame federal prosecutors for wanting to 'destroy lives' misses the point. >>
NEWSWIRE
Former cyclist Tammy Thomas was convicted Friday of lying to a grand jury investigating a steroid distribution ring that has implicated some of the biggest stars in baseball, football and track. >>
Hugo Sanchez, who earned an estimated $8 million during his short tenure as coach but could not get his team to the Olympics, is ousted. The search for a replacement is underway. >>
COMMENTARY
IOC president remains silent while world leaders express their discontent about China as the Olympics approach. >>
GYMNASTICS
SAN JOSE--A year ago, Nastia Liukin was recovering from ankle surgery and had to concede her U.S. all-around gymnastics title to Shawn Johnson. >>
CAUSE CÉLÈBRE: TINA DAUNT
THIS isn't exactly the show Chinese government officials had in mind when they signed on to host the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer. >>
Records are falling to competitors wearing Speedo's new LZR Racer. Critics say it constitutes an unfair advantage. >>
COMMENTARY
The head of the Olympic committee, and others, should have brought up the issue of human rights in China soon after the 2008 Games were awarded to that country. More political protests can be expected >>
COMMENTARY
Doug Wilson, director of most of the sport's greatest TV moments, ends a stellar career with the World Figure Skating Championships. >>
NEWSWIRE
Frenchman lowers the 50-meter freestyle mark in 21.50 seconds after twice lowering the 100 freestyle mark at the European championships. >>
SOCCER
Honduras wins the CONCACAF men's Olympic qualifying tournament championship game at Nashville, but both teams had already qualified for the Olympics. >>
JURISPRUDENCE
Former elite cyclist Tammy Thomas' trial could provide defendants such as Bonds with a sense of government prosecutors' approach. >>
FIGURE SKATING
U.S. skater finishes behind Canadian Buttle and France's Joubert at the world championships. >>
NEWSWIRE
Time of 47.60 seconds is recorded at European championships. >>
COMMENTARY
Fans and skaters themselves stand to lose the most as the sport moves closer to disappearing from TV screens. >>
WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Dodging any bus escapade, the three-time U.S. champion needed to be at his best today, and ended up being brilliant in short program. >>
SOCCER
Adu scores on two free kicks to pace a 3-0 victory over Canada. Honduras also qualifies. >>
COMMENTARY
The women especially come up with awful results at the World Figure Skating Championships. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
Legendary ice-skating team shares affinity that incorporates their changing identities. Their status as the last U.S. pair to win world title, in 1979, wasn't threatened at this week's competition in Sweden. >>
COMMENTARY
She is ninth after Wednesday's short program at the World Figure Skating Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. >>
WORLD FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Granada Hills skater, now 20, got a spot in the worlds because skaters ahead of her at the U.S. championships were too young. She's looking for a solid performance in Sweden. >>
SOCCER DAILY
Blistering criticism and calls for his firing follow the country's failure to qualify for the Beijing Olympics. >>
NEWSWIRE
Organization reiterates its position, saying that boycotts punish athletes unfairly. >>
KURT STREETER
Trip involving Dodgers-Padres exhibition games reveals fault lines caused by paranoia and a hardened, old-school approach to dealing with dissent. >>
Despite a big victory over Haiti, the Tricolores won't be competing in Beijing. >>
COMMENTARY
The success of Americans in just-concluded World Cup season is a testament to the team's strength. >>
SOCCER DAILY
Americans' dreary 1-0 win over Honduras has little meaning. >>
WORLD CUP SKIING
She is the first U.S. woman to win the coveted championship since Tamara McKinney in 1983 and, with Bode Miller's crown, gives Americans their first sweep in 25 years. >>
SOCCER
Its 21-game unbeaten streak in Olympic qualifiers is ended by Guatemala, 2-1. >>
SOCCER DAILY
His penalty kick lifts the Americans to a 1-0 victory over Panama in an Olympic qualifying game. The U.S. plays Honduras on Saturday as it seeks to finish at least in second place. >>
WORLD CUP SKIING
Lindsey Vonn has virtually clinched the women's overall championship as well; simply finishing Friday's slalom in the Alpine finals should give her the crown. >>
FIGURE SKATING
The skater withdraws from next week's world championships, which means chances of the U.S. getting three competitors in next year's championships in Los Angeles are in jeopardy. >>
NEWSWIRE
The three-time winner of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic says the Washington event better prepares him for the Grand Slam tournament. >>
WORLD CUP SKIING
Soft snow wipes out the downhill events and gives the competition a chance to catch up to leaders Bode Miller and Lindsey Vonn. >>
SOCCER
Underdog Canadians score first and defense clamps down in the first round of Olympic men's soccer qualifying for a 1-1 tie. >>
OLYMPICS
Javier and Oscar Molina of Commerce, as close as can be, are expected to be fighting in the same Olympics. But one will be fighting for the U.S., the other Mexico. >>
SOCCER DAILY
Adu's early goal is negated by Linares' answer just before halftime and the Americans' nonstop pressure in the second half doesn't produce the winner. >>
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
The three-time Olympian, who has 72 career victories worldwide, announces her 18th pro beach season will be her last. >>
China offers a peek at the housing facilities for athletes and officials. >>
KURT STREETER
Cancer victim goes the distance in what could be his last marathon. >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
Competitors in L.A. show spirit, strength and stamina. It's too bad William Burke, event co-founder and president, stuck his foot in his mouth by saying, 'You can't get them back in the kitchen.' >>
HELENE ELLIOTT
The 14-year-old Arcadia High freshman, who won the U.S. figure skating title, is well-grounded and charming, as well as extremely talented. She is everything the faltering sport could wish for. >>
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