...wouldn't have had a voice. Shriver didn't pick this cause as much as the cause picked her. Inspired by her mentally disabled sister Rosemary, Shriver began with a grassroots Special Olympics in Chicago in 1968, featuring 1,000 athletes...

In this article: Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Special Olympics, Sportsman of the Year, Down syndrome, Autism, Habitat for Humanity, and Joseph Kennedy

Leisel Jones has provided her strongest indication she is ready to carry on and become the first Australian swimmer to compete at four Olympics. Clearly encouraged after breaking two world shortcourse records this month in Berlin , triple...

In this article: Leisel Jones, London, Polyurethane, Libby Trickett, Grant Hackett, Melbourne, Canberra, Rome, and Berlin

...the last four years, Johnson has won 29 times. That's more than any other driver. Carl Lewis (1984-96) - Johnson is no Michael Phelps or Mark Spitz because his success has lasted for years, not over a two-week period. As for Olympians, he...

In this article: Jimmie Johnson, Carl Lewis, Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, Chicago Bulls, New York Yankees, Sprint Cup, Michael Jordan, Nascar, and Chevrolet

...to the 2008 Inc. 500 rankings. For more information, please visit www.h2oaudio.com. About The Michael Phelps Foundation The Michael Phelps Foundation (www.michaelphelpsfoundation.org) works to promote healthy, active lives,...

In this article: H2O Audio, Natalie Coughlin, Michael Phelps, Trademark, Anxiety, Twitter, Facebook, and Beijing

...World Cup series in Singapore. The 19-year-old was only seventh fastest into the final forcing her to race from lane one, but she produced a storming swim to win in a World Cup record of 51.19, narrowly outside Libby Trickett's world mark.

In this article: World Cup, Libby Trickett, and Singapore

...Hot Hollywood party when asked to predict the winner. "I have a feeling it might be Donny and Kim." Former contestant, Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin is rooting for Kelly Osbourne. "She doesn't have any performing background or dancing...

In this article: Kelly Osbourne, Melissa Joan Hart, Dancing with the Stars, Edyta Sliwinska, Karina Smirnoff, Natalie Coughlin, Joanna Krupa, and Oprah Winfrey

Navigation - link to other main sections from here Michael Phelps hungry to put his body back on the line Machiavelli was at play in the pool when Michael Phelps , the greatest among Olympic greats reduced to mere mortal of late,...

In this article: Michael Phelps, Bob Bowman, Paul Biedermann, Mark Spitz, World Cup, Polyurethane, Carl Lewis, Rome, Beijing, and Berlin

November 19, 2009 DON Bradman , Herb Elliott , Dawn Fraser , Ron Barassi , Cathy Freeman , Shane Warne , Ian Thorpe , and both Gary Abletts : it is an arbitrary list, easily expanded, but sufficient reminder that most of Australia 's folk heroes...

In this article: David Crawford, Australia, Australian Olympic Committee, John Coates, Beneficiary, Cathy Freeman, Herb Elliott, Australian Institute of Sport, and Shane Warne

Olympic swimmer Dara Torres beams a bright smile as she stands on the podium Tuesday night after being inducted into the Broward County Sports Hall of Fame. To her left is former Marlin 's slugger Jeff Conine , and to the right is Torres ' swim...

In this article: Dara Torres, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Michael Irvin, and Dan Marino

...at the University of British Columbia , said the study's findings strike him as logical. With top swimmers such as Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe , "their feet are quite big," he said. "If we put that analogy to track, (long toes) could have...

In this article: Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, Penn State, Michael Phelps, Ian Thorpe, British Columbia, and Pennsylvania

Olympic gold medallist Leisel Jones finished the weekend with two new world records after adding 200m breaststroke success on Sunday to her 100m triumph at the shortcourse World Cup meet in Berlin. The 24-year-old, who won two golds and a...

In this article: Leisel Jones, Beijing, Berlin, London Olympics, World Cup, Silver, Annamay Pierse, Canberra, and Athens

...demolishing the Queenslander's 400m freestyle world record before his home crowd. Biedermann , who downed Michael Phelps in the 200m and broke Ian Thorpe's 400m mark at the Rome world titles this year, carved almost two seconds from Hackett 's...

In this article: Leisel Jones, World Cup, Berlin, Polyurethane, Paul Biedermann, Michael Phelps, Grant Hackett, Rohan Taylor, and Felicity Galvez

... Leisel Jones was one of six record-breakers on Saturday at the short-course World Cup meet in Berlin , as Michael Phelps finished fifth in the 200-metre butterfly. Jones broke her own 100 breaststroke mark with a time of 1:03.30. Jones , the...

In this article: Michael Phelps, Leisel Jones, Berlin, World Cup, Grant Hackett, Beijing Olympics, Australia, and Sydney

...share this story and discover new Web pages. At local event, Spitz says there is lots of pressure on Phelps Mark Spitz doesn't fault Michael Phelps for his problems out of the water. The nine-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer...

In this article: Mark Spitz, Michael Phelps, Broadmoor Hotel, and Beijing

Libby Trickett is still agonising over her future in the pool as fellow golden girl Leisel Jones dips back into international competition for the first time in 15 months on Friday. Trickett hopes to make a decision by next month as fellow...

In this article: Libby Trickett, Leisel Jones, World Cup, Beijing Olympics, Sydney, Delhi, Moscow, Canberra, and Rome

...Edwards. My other sailing heroes include Peter Blake. In other sports, I admire the British athlete Paula Radcliffe and the French swimmer Laure Manaudou. It came from my parents - they just encouraged me to enjoy everything and didn't...

In this article: Portsmouth High School, Le Havre, Cambridge University, Paula Radcliffe, and Laure Manaudou

...soccer great Pele says sport changed his life, and a Rio Olympics would do the same for others. Pele and Olympic champion swimmer Cesar Cielo urged IOC members Wednesday to help transform the prospects for young people across South...

In this article: Pele, Cesar Cielo, International Olympic Committee, World Cup, South America, Copenhagen, Brazil, and Chicago

...too, and she left for Mulhouse, a bigger club, but could not settle there either and last October she joined Marseille. Then, in January, she said she needed a break and followed her latest boyfriend, French swimmer Frederick Bousquet , to...

In this article: Laure Manaudou, Luca Marin, Beijing Olympics, France, Philippe Lucas, Frederick Bousquet, and Marseille