Carmelita Jeter

Readers choose Kings as top 2012 Southern California sports story

2013-01-01 06:00:00

The fans have spoken: Long live the Kings. A few days ago, we invited you to vote in an informal survey to choose the top five Southern California sports stories of the year, and the results were overwhelming: The Kings' Stanley cup victory was the...

'Carmelita Jeter Day' set for Sept. 11 at Bishop Montgomery

2012-08-27 15:42:26

Lawmakers propose tax breaks for California's Olympic medalists

2012-08-09 08:04:07

People to watch at Penn Relays

2013-04-23 11:04:02

Allyson Felix, who won three gold medals at the London Olympics, is at the start of the line of people to watch at the Penn Relays this week. The foursome of Tianna (Madison) Bartoletta, Felix, Bianca Knight and Carmelita Jeter, who shattered the...

Bolt, Douglas top annual Olympic sports awards

2012-12-21 18:25:00

When the Summer Olympics began with the staid Queen of England taking part in a James Bond skit filmed for the best opening ceremony ever, you knew the biggest event on the global sports calendar had a chance to be a celebration of both winning and...

Felix gets redemption with gold in 200

2012-08-08 17:19:00

LONDON — Someone else might have celebrated the end of the frustration with a scream or a cartwheel or a collapse on the track or goofy gestures. Someone else might have felt unburdened enough to let emotions go wild. Someone else, but not...

2012 Olympics: Friday's Scores

2012-08-04 01:05:23

BASKETBALL Women Group A Croatia 75, Angola 56 Turkey 82, China 55 Group B Australia 70, Russia 66 Canada 79, Brazil 73 France 80, Britain 77 SOCCER Women Quarterfinals Canada 2, Britain 0 United States 2, New Zealand 0...

Track and field heats up in a hurry

2012-08-04 19:24:00

LONDON -- The sound of thousands of voices singing "God Save the Queen" was a powerful note in a day of stirring achievements. The celebration was for the heptathlon triumph ofBritain'sJessica Ennis, but nearly every athlete who put foot or prosthetic leg...

OLYMPICS 2012: Saturday's scores

2012-08-05 01:05:48

BASKETBALL Men Group A France 73, Tunisia 69 United States 99, Lithuania 94 Argentina 93, Nigeria 79 Group B Russia 77, Spain 74 Brazil 98, China 59 Australia 106, Britain 75 SOCCER Men Quarterfinals South Korea 1, Britain 1,...

U.S. hurdler Harper takes silver; Lolo finishes 4th

2012-08-07 20:01:00

LONDON -- Dawn Harper probably smiled more Tuesday as an Olympic silver medalist than she did as a champion four years ago in Beijing, where the 100-meter hurdles title landed in her lap after teammate Lolo Jones stumbled. Her knees scarred but her...

Tuesday's Olympic Scores

2012-08-08 01:05:22

BASKETBALL Women Quarterfinals Australia 75, China 60 United States 91, Canada 48 SOCCER Men Semifinals Mexico 3, Japan 1 HANDBALL Women Quarterfinals Norway 21, Brazil 19 South Korea 24, Russia 23 Spain 25, Croatia 22 HOCKEY...

Hurdler achieves new perspective

2012-08-08 05:24:00

LONDON — Dawn Harper probably smiled more on Tuesday as an Olympic silver medalist than she did as a champion four years ago at Beijing, when she was 24 and the 100-meter hurdle title landed in her lap after teammate Lolo Jones stumbled. Her...

Carmelita Jeter of the U.S. emotes while winning the gold in the 400-meter relay at the London Olympics. The U.S. set a world record in the race. Jeter won three medals in London.

2012-12-25 19:35:47

Tianna Madison, Allyson Felix, Bianca Knight, and Carmelita Jeter won gold in the 4 x 100m relay event on August 10 setting a new world record. Lauryn Williams and Jeneba Tarmoh also took gold by running in the event's preliminaries.

2012-08-12 21:03:58

Carmelita Jeter of the United States celebrates winning gold in the Women's 4 x 100m Relay Final on Day 14 of the London 2012 Olympic Games

2012-08-10 17:35:00