Athletes

Once considered one of the most promising female distance runners, Cain says when she left the Nike Oregon Project she was "just trying to survive."

Monica Aksamit, a 29-year-old Olympian from New Jersey, has started a GoFundMe to send her to the 2020 Games in Tokyo.

Boxer Patrick Day died Tuesday, four days after being knocked out in a boxing match in Chicago. He is one of at least four fighters to die from injuries suffered in the ring in 2019 alone.

While LeBron James championed the change, Hershel Walker speculated that it might sow division among athletes.

Scientists studied hundreds of athletes across sports including swimming, cycling, soccer, rowing, hockey, sailing and athletics.

He worried that the NFL might no longer have a talent pool to draw from.

The new rule would be a fitting legacy for a player who refused to conform.

From soccer to tennis to basketball, it's clear that it pays to be gifted athletically.

"I just got to a point where I had enough information on marijuana to know what we were being told was bull****," Monroe told Newsweek a day before 4/20.

"I might never be able to meet them again," South Korean ice hockey player Choi Ji-yeon said.

A Venetian won his city's picturesque marathon for the first time in two decades after a pack of elite runners took a wrong turn and veered off course for two crucial minutes on Sunday.

"I understand why many women who this happens to let it go," says the 'Brooklyn Nine Nine' actor.

The Anti-Defamation League's new Sports Leadership Council will work to "combat hate, bullying and discrimination in our society."

"We stand with the Heroes, not a bunch of rich, entitled, arrogant, ungrateful, anti-American degenerates," Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue posted to Facebook.

Under Armour has since released a statement saying Plank's comments were in regard to Trump's business policies, not his social viewpoints.

Elite colleges including Harvard and Columbia are suspending athletes due to lewd private messages.

Princeton, Columbia, Harvard, Amherst and Washington University in St. Louis have suspended men's teams or players from competing because of lewd messages that athletes allegedly exchanged.

Drug tests in schools have proven ineffective and expensive, why should gyms be different?

"We are now able to confirm a cover up that dates back until at least 2011," said McLaren.

Coaches and doctors that turn athletes to doping could face probation and jail.

Almost all females aged between 11 and 21 agree that women are judged more on appearance than ability.

Patronizing attitudes can turn disabled people into "inspiration porn."

How professional athletes stay healthy before, during and after games and their medical team's role in their overall safety.

CAS has already taken several decisions favourable to Russia this summer.

Several of her opponents, including U.S. swimmer Lilly King, have taken shots at her.

Hot temperatures, air pollution, and sewage water at the Rio Olympics put athletes' health and performance at risk.

Once an all-pro offensive tackle for the New Orleans Saints, Kyle Turley is now dedicated to helping his fellow athletes by sharing his cannabis story.

Over 270 Russians are going to the Olympics despite the track and field ban.

A roundup of the most compelling athletes to watch in the Rio Games.

Debilitating ACL injuries may have better recoveries under a new procedure that helps the ligament heal itself instead of using grafts.