Noah Lyles has reclaimed his rightful place atop the sprinting world. A year after the U.S. superstar couldn't quite nab gold at the Olympics, he ascended to the top of the podium at the World ...

1923 — Helen Mills, 17, ends Molla Bjurstedt Mallory’s domination of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championships and starts her own with a 6-2, 6-1 victory. 1958 — Floyd Patterson knocks out Roy ...

Usain Bolt says he was as surprised as anyone when Justin Gatlin failed to advance to Thursday's 200-meter final. "Everybody's in shock," Bolt told BBC Radio 5 Live of Gatlin after the Jamaican ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Usain Bolt tilted his head backward and screamed. He plaintively raised his palms to the sky, tugged hard on his shirt, then angrily ripped the No. 6 sticker off his right hip. It ...