Barcelona, Spain (Sports Network) – American teenager Katie Ledecky set a world record in the women’s 1,500-meter freestyle to highlight the third day of the 2013 World Swimming Championships. The 16-year-old touched the wall in a time of 15 minutes […]
(Sports Network) – Team USA amassed a record-breaking collection of 52 medals at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships – held July 20-28 in Lyon, France – to finish second overall. Tatyana McFadden (Clarksville, Md.) set a world record of […]
Barcelona, Spain (Sports Network) – Lithuanian teenager Ruta Meilutyte set a world record in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke to highlight the second day of the 2013 World Swimming Championships. Meilutyte, just 16 years old and the gold medal winner at […]
Barcelona, Spain (Sports Network) – Missy Franklin captured a gold medal Sunday in her first of eight scheduled events at the 2013 World Swimming Championships, while Ryan Lochte had to settle for a silver medal. Franklin swam the first leg […]
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) – This summer’s free agent market wasn’t great to begin with and most of the big names that were available have long since found their new homes. With little action on the free agency front to […]
(Sports Network) – The U.S. has garnered 16 medals (six golds, four silvers and six bronzes) and leads the overall medal count at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships, held July 20-28 in Lyon, France. Jarryd Wallace (Athens, Ga.) led […]
Calgary, AB (Sports Network) – Detroit Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock has again been chosen to guide Canada’s Olympic hockey team. Babcock led Canada to gold in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics and will try to duplicate the feat next […]
New York, NY (Sports Network) – The NHL announced Friday that an agreement has been reached with the International Ice Hockey Federation to send its players to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. The league will take a […]
(Sports Network) – With a new world record time of 5:54:16, the U.S. women’s eight seized the gold medal at the Samsung World Rowing Cup #3, held July 12-14 in Lucerne, Switzerland. The team beat the previous record by 6.2 […]
(Sports Network) – American 100-meter record-holder Tyson Gay will pull out of the world championships next month in Moscow after admitting to testing positive for a banned substance. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency informed Gay Friday that a sample from an […]