Justin Gatlin

Barrett aims for right notes at U.S. track and field championships

2013-06-19 14:26:00

Brigetta Barett is accustomed to hitting high notes, athletically and artistically. Barrett, who won a silver medal in the women’s high jump at the London Olympics last summer and is a six-time NCAA champion, sang the national anthem before...

Davis Love III, five others tie for lead at Memphis

2013-06-06 22:45:00

Davis Love III and Stuart Appleby shot four-under-par 66 on Thursday for a share of the lead with four other players after the first round of the St. Jude Classic at Memphis, Tenn. Harris English, Nathan Green, Martin Flores and Glen Day also pushed...

Watch Justin Gatlin beat Usain Bolt in Rome

2013-06-06 14:48:00

Justin Gatlin beat six-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt in a 100-meter race on Thursday�at the Rome Golden Gala Diamond League meet. Gatlin finished in 9.94 seconds,�0.01 second ahead of Bolt. Bolt, a�Jamaican, suffered a minor hamstring injury...

Gatlin beats Bolt in 100 meters

2013-06-06 13:09:00

ROME -- Olympic champion Usain Bolt was beaten by Justin Gatlin in the 100 meters at the Rome Golden Gala Diamond League meeting on Thursday. American Gatlin, bronze medalist at the London Games, ran 9.94 seconds to beat a sluggish-looking Bolt by 0....

Tommie Smith: An Olympic journey of prejudice, then perseverance

2013-04-10 14:33:00

The boos and the catcalls echoed as Tommie Smith and John Carlos walked off the medal stand in the summer of 1968, track shoes in their hands to symbolize the poverty of their youth. The noise reached a crescendo as they stepped into a tunnel labeled...

‘Bachelorette’ spouses to host Orlando Citrus Parade telecast

2012-12-29 16:44:58

Florida travel calendar for December

2012-12-26 05:39:00

Check out festivals and events in December across the state. View events this coming weekend, or view the whole month's offerings by region below: Coming up this week Through Dec. 30: Holidays Around the World, Lake Buena Vista. This Epcot tradition...

Usain Bolt, ready to strike twice

2012-08-04 19:33:00

LONDON — They didn't introduce Usain Bolt on Saturday at Olympic Stadium so much as anoint him. And this is a place that knows something about coronations. First came the bouncy Eurythmics song, "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)," followed by polite...

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,...

Brilliant Bolt Scorches To 100m gold

2012-08-05 15:03:00

LONDON (Reuters) - Jamaican Usain Bolt retained his Olympic 100 meters crown in spectacular style on Sunday, scorching to the second-fastest time ever run at 9.63 seconds and becoming the first man to win back-to-back titles on the track. Bolt's 9.58-...

2012 Olympics: Sunday's Scores

2012-08-06 01:05:23

BASKETBALL Women Group A Czech Republic 82, Angola 47 United States 114, China 66 Turkey 70, Croatia 65 Group B France 65, Russia 54 Australia 72, Canada 63 Brazil 78, Britain 66 HANDBALL Women Group A Brazil 29, Angola 26...

Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago, Asafa Powell of Jamaica, Tyson Gay of the United States, Yohan Blake of Jamaica, Justin Gatlin of the United States, Usain Bolt of Jamaica, Ryan Bailey of the United States and Churandy Martina of the Netherlands start out of the blocks during the Men's 100m

2012-08-05 21:01:09

Jamaica's Usain Bolt is once again the fastest man in the world, as he won the men's 100m sprint. Countryman Yohan Blake took silver and U.S. runner Justin Gatlin took the bronze. Tyson Gay and Ryan Bailey of the U.S. took fourth and fifth, respectively Andrea Reiher, Zap2it

2012-08-05 17:01:00

Usain Bolt of Jamaica crosses the finish line ahead of Ryan Bailey of the United States, Yohan Blake of Jamaica and Justin Gatlin of the United States to win the Men's 100m final.

2012-08-05 00:00:00