Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Book Review: 'Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias'

2011-07-10 00:00:00

Wonder Girl The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias Don Van Natta Jr. Little, Brown: 404 pp., $27.99 So do you know who made the Top 10 when ESPN chose its 50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century? Here they are: (1) Michael Jordan....

'Herb Ritts: L.A. Style' at Getty with fashion, celeb photographs

2012-04-04 16:32:41

A Woman’s Place: Qatar, Brunei and Saudi Arabia send female athletes to the London games.

2012-07-23 16:34:16

Centre Sports: Track and field stars returning for second year of Centre camp

2012-06-09 20:52:00

Lisa Owens knows the Maximum Velocity Track and Field Academy can be viewed as a bit expensive, but the Centre College track and field coach also knows there is nowhere else in Kentucky that will offer the expert instruction the camp next week at Centre...

Track & Field: Local athletes excited to be working with Olympians at Maximum Velocity camp

2012-06-15 08:12:00

Darion Lewis is a long and triple jumper for the Mercer County track and field team, but the senior was working with Olympic silver and bronze medalist sprinter Ato Boldon early Thursday early at the Maximum Velocity Track and Field Academy at Centre...

Track & field: Work at Centre camp part of former sprinter Boldon's diversification

2012-06-16 20:22:00

Ato Boldon considers the 100-meter dash the “sexy event” in track and field and is proud that he won four Olympic sprint medals — a record for any male athlete. He was second in the 100-meter dash at the 2000 Olympics and third in the...

Olympian Brittney Reese will be 'providing motivation' at 4A track championships

2012-05-25 14:31:00

Brittney Reese will have to wait a few months to try and capture an Olympic gold, but she'll get to hand out a few medals in the mean time. The four-time and current long jump world champion will be on hand at the Maryland Class 4A track and field...

Five minutes with Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee

2012-04-25 00:00:00

Like other 50-year-olds, Jackie Joyner-Kersee aches a bit the day after a vigorous workout. And she has noticed that her vision isn’t what it once was. But Joyner-Kersee, one of the most accomplished and gracious female athletes in history, isn&...

Five minutes with Jackie Joyner-Kersee

2012-05-02 18:37:00

Like other 50-year-olds, Jackie Joyner-Kersee aches a bit the day after a vigorous workout. And she's noticed that her vision isn't what it once was. But Joyner-Kersee, who still holds the world record in the women's heptathlon, isn't pining for her...

Boys & Girls Club seeks to expand throughout Imperial Valley, officials say

2012-04-30 23:18:00

BRAWLEY — On a good day 50 to 60 kids come streaming into the Boys & Girls Club building in Brawley where they play on an indoor basketball court, hang out or do homework in a separate room. But Sara Sanders, executive director of the Boys &...

Track & Field: Local athletes anxious to meet, work with Olympians at Centre College track camp

2011-06-07 07:22:00

Diamond Pace has two Class A 300-meter hurdle state titles and a triple jump title on her resume, so she knows what she’s doing on the track. But the Danville track star was anxious to learn as much as she could from Olympic champion Jackie Joyner-...

Sprinter Gay gives world-class seminar at Centre

2011-06-07 09:19:00

He’s humble and soft spoken, but Tyson Gay doesn’t need long to make it perfectly clear that he wants to win the 100-meter dash gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London.“I want to. That is the goal and one thing on my mind more than...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee is ranked among the all-time greatest athletes in the women's heptathlon and long jump. Sports Illustrated for Women named her the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th century with six medals throughout her Olympic career (1984-2000).

2012-07-26 00:00:00

Sharrieffa Barksdale, left, laughs with Jackie Joyner-Kersee during the Maximum Velocity Track and Field Academy last week at Centre College.

2012-06-16 20:41:00

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

2012-05-02 19:12:00