Kenny Bednarek's two Olympic silver medals serve both as a reminder of the success he had, and a motivator for the success he ...

Individual Olympic medalists Hubert Kos, Josh Liendo, Ilya Kharun and Luke Hobson are among the multi-event favorites at ...

The spring sports' season is now well underway, which means there are plenty of standouts nominated for the Rockford Register ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The next president of the International Olympic Committee is a former Zimbabwe swimmer who is Africa's most decorated Olympian and a minister in a government often ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected the new president of the International Olympic Committee Thursday. Coventry, 41, becomes the first woman and first African named president of the IOC. "It is a signal that ...

LINDALE — Lindale swept the District 15-4A Track and Field Championships Thursday at Eagle Stadium. The Lindale boys won with ...

Devon Allen, one of the best prep track athletes in state history, is preparing for the start of Michael Johnson's new professional track league.

She will begin her eight-year term in charge of the IOC in June. Coventry was the back-to-back Olympic champion in the 200 meters backstroke in 2004 and 2008. She retired from swimming after the ...

Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became the first woman and first African to get perhaps the biggest job in world sports. "It is a signal ...

Australian sprinter Gout Gout may only be 17, but Olympic 200-meter champion Letsile Tebogo says the teenage sensation has the potential to be one of the greatest athletes in history. Gout ...