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This week's news has been filled with tragedy and sadness. The stories below are not meant to take away from the events that occurred in Boston or in West, Texas, but instead hopefully offer some momentary relief. I can think of no better way to open
Story | D'Arcy Maine, Apr 19, 2013
WORCESTER, Mass. -- A year ago, Kyla Ross was a rookie with Olympic dreams, Katelyn Ohashi was a promising junior competitor, and nobody outside of the deeply committed U.S. gymnastics fan base had heard of Simone Biles. How things can change in a y
Story | Blythe Lawrence, Mar 1, 2013
Serena Williams, Gabby Douglas, Sarah Reinertsen, Allyson Felix, Bo Jackson and Colin Kaepernick led 6,000 Chicago schoolchildren in a supercharged mid-day workout to kick off First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! Active Schools initiative. With
Story | Leslie Goldman, Feb 28, 2013
Life has changed so much for 2008 Olympic all-around gymnastics champion Nastia Liukin. Wednesday, she got up early to work out in sweats. She then went to class at New York University, where she is a freshman studying sports management. She then
Blog | Lynn Hoppes, Feb 7, 2013
Had it not been her mother, Gabby Douglas might never have worn a gold medal. Instead, she might be asking customers, "You want waffle fries with that?" "I wanted to give up gymnastics and work at Chick-fil-A. I was determined to give any excuse to
Story | espnW, Jan 10, 2013
Now that all of the 2012 awards have (for the most part) been handed out: LeBron James got his love from SI (Sportsman of the Year), Michael Phelps and Gabby Douglas got their love from The Associated Press (Athletes of the Year), Usain Bolt backed u
Story | Scoop Jackson, Jan 4, 2013
From @TheRock via Twitter. Word of Christmas cheer continued to spread on Facebook and Twitter on Sunday as Dwayne "Rock" Johnson (@TheRock) demonstrated to his 3.78 million Twitter followers and the 7.8 million fans who "like" his Facebook page
Blog | Bill Speros, Dec 31, 2012
With Christmas just a few days away, Playbook decided to ask several athletes about their favorite Christmas present as a child. (Well, Shaq is always childlike, so he answered differently.) Danica Patrick, NASCAR driver "I remember one year my m
Blog | Lynn Hoppes, Dec 21, 2012
When Gabby Douglas allowed herself to dream of being the Olympic champion, she imagined having a nice little dinner with family and friends to celebrate. Maybe she'd make an appearance here and there. "I didn't think it was going to be crazy," Dougl
Story | Dec 21, 2012
Gabby Douglas, all 4 feet 11 of her, won two Olympic gold medals at the Summer Games in London. Lionel Messi, at 5-7, has scored 90 goals this year and is the best soccer player in the world. And Brad Keselowski, who is 5-10, won the NASCAR Sprint Cu
Blog | Lynn Hoppes, Dec 19, 2012
When it comes to his senior prom date, Leon Purvis is going for the gold -- as in two-time Olympic gold-medal winning gymnast Gabrielle Douglas. Purvis, 17, posted a You Tube video last week asking Douglas to be his date for the May 31 Glassboro
Blog | Bill Speros, Dec 17, 2012
What a concert. Football Outsiders' Brian Fremeau suggests that Cincinnati was among the nation's unluckiest teams this season. Despite struggles, UConn doesn't have to look too far back to see recent success, Chris Elsberry writes in the Conne
Blog | Matt Fortuna, Dec 13, 2012
In six months, 16-year-old Gabby Douglas has gone from Olympic gymnast to Olympic champion to world traveler to author. And now she has made Barbara Walters' list of "The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2012." Douglas is joining actor/producer B
Blog | Lynn Hoppes, Dec 12, 2012
When was the last time Chris Bosh missed a dunk? "Let's just say it was because I had a full diaper," Bosh offers in the Jan. 18 episode of Disney Channel's "Jessie." It'll be brick city for the Heat's big man when he visits the series' NYC e
Blog | Sam Alipour, Dec 7, 2012
Individual all-around gymnastics Olympic gold medalist Gabrielle Douglas, who will turn 17 on Dec. 31, hasn't had much of a break since her triumph. She spent much of this fall touring with her U.S. teammates -- who collectively won gold at the Summe
Story | Bonnie D. Ford, Dec 6, 2012
Gabby Douglas was a guest on "The Tonight Show," made a cameo on "The Vampire Diaries," performed on "Dancing With the Stars," found herself on the cover of several magazines (Time, People and Essence) and on the front of Corn Flakes cereal boxes, re
Story | Jim Caple, Dec 6, 2012
Douglas, nicknamed "The Flying Squirrel," turns 17 on Dec. 31. Welcome to SportsNation! On Thursday, U.S. Olympic gymnast, and 2012 London Olympics All-Around gold medal winner, Gabby Douglas stops by to chat about her career and new book "Grace,
Chat | Dec 5, 2012
I DIDN'T FEEL PRESSURE during the Olympics to become the first African-American to win an individual all-around gold medal in gymnastics. I actually felt more pressure during the Olympic trials. There were no guaranteed spots, so the hardest part --
Story | Carmen Renee Thompson, Nov 26, 2012
U.S. Olympic gymnast Jake Dalton and his male gymnastic buddies will try to dance to LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" on Saturday night at the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastic Champions at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. "I'm not a good dancer, but I try,"
Blog | Lynn Hoppes, Nov 17, 2012
WASHINGTON -- The Fierce Five and other members of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team got a personal audience with President Barack Obama on Thursday while on tour in Washington. The group met with the president in the Oval Office before huddling toge
Story | Nov 15, 2012
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