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athlete stories: 69 news summaries

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Some Runners Leave a Cloud of More Than Dust

Poll finds serious athletes may still light up—on the sly

Aug 4, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Though many athletes prefer to keep it hush-hush, a number of devout runners are also devout smokers. The LA Times takes a look at the unlikely phenomenon, moved to investigate by a recent Runner’s World poll which found that 2% of responders smoked without their running friends’ knowledge, while... More »

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smoking • cigarettes • athlete • runner

 Top 100 Olympians to Watch

Galaxy of stars aims to seize golden opportunities in Beijing

Jul 28, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the Beijing Olympics right around the corner, Time lists the top 100 athletes to watch. A sampling of stars gunning for gold, from the court to the pool to the track:
  • LeBron James, basketball: This determined athlete's golden guarantee is raising hopes for the US team, which has
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Michael Phelps • LeBron James • Yao Ming • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • Liu Xiang • Dara Torres • Allyson Felix

Athletes Got Nothin' on
Rock 'n Roll Drummers

Sports scientists say they're like Olympians

Jul 23, 08 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, the lead singer gets all the attention, but how about a little respect for the drummer? Sports scientists are taking up the cause with a new study that says the rockers are as fit as Olympic athletes, the Times of London reports. The best of them lose 2 quarts... More »

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health • athlete • drums • musician • rock music

 Chinese Athletes
 Destitute After
 Glory Days 

80% are jobless, injured, or impoverished

Jul 23, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zhao Yonghua was a Chinese national skiing champion and won several gold medals. But now, at 31, she is bedridden from diabetes, exacerbated by overtraining. With no hope of recovery or employment, the former star finally had to sell one of her gold medals to raise money for treatment. As... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • Chinese athletes • gold medal • injured

 Olympians Fearful of
 Chinese Food Chemicals 

Athletes worried about mystery additives plan to pack their own food

Jul 22, 08 4:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - In addition to concerns about air quality in Beijing this August, many Olympic athletes are worried about contaminants and chemicals in the food, ABC News reports. With many of China's agricultural products boosted by growth stimulants, or steroids, or amped by antibiotics, athletes are particularly concerned that they might unwittingly... More »

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China • steroids • growth hormones • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • antibiotics • Chinese food

India's Growing Riches Buoy Olympic Hopes

Billionaire bankrolls effort to increase
medal haul in 2012

Jul 9, 08 7:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - India is not a nation known for its Olympic prowess—it's never even won more than two medals in one Games—but Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal wants to change all that, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The Mittal Champions Trust is spending millions to train and prepare India's elite—often... More »

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sports • India • 2012 London Olympics • athlete • Lakshmi Mittal

 How to Be an Olympic Athlete 

Pointers on what it takes to go for the gold

Jul 9, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Before you clear a spot on the mantle for that gold medal, you may need a quick reality check: Forbes runs down the numbers behind the blood, sweat, and tears of an Olympic athlete's training.
  1. Training: 4 to 8 years to maximize lung capacity and heart strength
  2. Sessions: up
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sports • health • list • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • training • gold medal

 At 41, Torres Makes
 5th Olympics 

Ageless US swimmer makes a splash in the record books

Jul 5, 08 6:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dara Torres swam her way into the history books with a victory in the women's 100-meter freestyle trials last night, reports the New York Times. The 41-year-old will be the first five-time swimmer in Olympic history. She shot past 25-year-old American record holder Natalie Coughlin to finish in 53.78... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • swimming • Olympians • Dara Torres

  World's Best
 Athlete? Never
 Heard of Her 

Move over, Bo Jackson: Sheila Taormina has conquered 3 sports

Jun 22, 08 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The greatest athlete in the world today is 5'3'', 115 pounds, and named Sheila Taormina. You've probably never heard of her, but you should give this "force of nature" your attention now, writes ESPN the Magazine. Poised to become the first woman ever to compete at the Olympics in... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • swimming • triathlon • pentathlon

 The Best 
 Athlete on 
 the Planet 

WSJ panel picks Czech decathlete Sebrle to represent Earth at Intergalactic Games

Jun 20, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Earth could only send one guy to a galactic Olympics, who would it be? The Wall Street Journal had a panel of sports experts hash it out, and its top 10 might surprise:
  1. Roman Sebrle: Czech decathlon champion wins on versatility.
  2. LeBron James: What can’
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LeBron James • Sidney Crosby • Floyd Mayweather Jr. • Roger Federer • Alex Rodriguez • list • athlete • LaDainian Tomlinson • Ronaldinho • Olympic Games • Liu Xiang • Roman Seberle • Jeremy Wariner

Dolphin Kickers Sink Swimming Records

Revived technique
is propelling
swimmers to victory

Jun 20, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dozens of world swimming records have fallen in the last 18 months and many credit the explosion in speed to a technique invented by a scientist who worked on the A-Bomb, reports the Washington Post. Swimmers say the underwater dolphin kick, which has been revived and polished in recent years,... More »

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Michael Phelps • athlete • swimming • Olympians

China's Quest for Glory Pushing Athletes Past Limits

Injured athletes pressured to keep training

Jun 20, 08 2:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - China is going all-out in a sometimes destructive push to top the medal table at the Beijing Olympics, the New York Times reports. Athletes are risking their health by training while injured, and potential medal-winners are being pressed out of retirement. Olympic hopefuls are well aware that victory will bring... More »

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China • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • Hu Jintao • sports injuries • Chinese athletes

City Rebuilds Flooded Gym
for Gymnast

US champion can't let anything distract her in Olympic trials

Jun 19, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - When storms inundated Shawn Johnson's hometown of West Des Moines, they also left a foot of water in her gym. But the 16-year-old couldn't use that as an excuse to take a break from workouts: The reigning world champion gymnast was preparing for this week’s Olympic trials, the Houston ... More »

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Iowa • 2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • flooding • gymnastics • gymnast • Shawn Johnson • gold medal

 Justices Don't Buy 
 MLB's Fantasy Pitch 

Using players' real names in for-profit leagues is free speech, Supreme Court rules

Jun 2, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court refused today to hear an appeal by Major League Baseball against a ruling that allowed fantasy sports leagues to use real players' names and stats without paying a licensing fee, the Los Angeles Times reports. MLB contended such leagues shouldn't "exploit players' identity for commercial gain;... More »

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MLB • First Amendment • athlete • fantasy sports • statistics • baseball • US Supreme Court

Ex-Olympian Gets 46 Months for Check Fraud

Tim Montgomery, former 100m record holder, jailed

May 17, 08 6:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Disgraced Olympic gold medalist Tim Montgomery was sentenced to 46 months yesterday for his part in a check-fraud scam, the Washington Post reports. Montgomery, who still faces heroin-dealing charges, once held the 100m world record but was stripped of it for doping. He has a son with Marion Jones, who... More »

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athlete • doping • track and field • Marion Jones • check fraud • Tim Montgomery

Road to NFL Often Starts
at High School Bowl Game

Small company identifies future stars

Apr 25, 08 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - For many of the top prospects in this year’s NFL draft, the path to stardom didn’t begin in college. Instead, it started at the US Army All-American Bowl, an annual high-school all-star game that’s been remarkably good at spotting future NFL talent. Since 2005, 69 participants have... More »

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football • athlete • NFL draft • athletics • high school sports

Cheerleading's Brave New World Raises Safety Worries

Injuries on the rise; recent death highlights concerns

Apr 19, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - As cheerleading has become a spectacle of acrobatic feats with its own events, injuries—some of them deadly—have been on the rise, ABC News reports. In the latest example, a 20-year-old woman died after being accidentally kicked in the chest during a Massachusetts competition last weekend. She suffered damage... More »

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sports • athlete • gymnastics • sports deaths • cheerleading

US Athletes Reject Boycott of Beijing Games

Sporting trumps politics, even for sympathetic competitors

Apr 17, 08 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many US athletes aren’t swayed by winds of boycott surrounding the Beijing Olympics, the Christian Science Monitor reports. “What's going on is important and we should pay attention to it,” says a 2004 gold medalist, but “we need to be athletes first.”  Despite a... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • athlete • Olympic boycotts • Olympic protests

Behold
the Mighty
Medicine Ball

Weighty exercise aid goes back a lot longer than you'd think

Apr 14, 08 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The thunk of a medicine ball may evoke images of football players doing strength and resistance training, but its history reaches far beyond the advent of modern fitness regimens. ESPN the Magazine chronicles the medicine ball through the ages, from gladiators' workouts to Renaissance medical texts to the earliest days... More »

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athlete • history • Romans • fitness • Matt Ryan • military training • strength training • medicine ball

Track Doping Witness Will Give 2 Dozen Names

Olympians to be mentioned in trial include Greene

Apr 13, 08 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Angel Guillermo Heredia, the main witness for the federal case against elite track coach Trevor Graham, is prepared to give the names of about two dozen athletes to whom he supplied performance-enhancing drugs. Among the 12 Olympians on the list is Maurice Greene, a two-time gold medalist who has never... More »

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athlete • track and field • Marion Jones • BALCO • sports doping • Maurice Greene • Angel Guillermo Heredia • Trevor Graham

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