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Trampolinist emerges from shadow of teammate to take the top medal

The phenomenal speeds reached by the teenage Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen at the 2012 Olympics are raising questions about whether the gap between men and women in sport may one day disappear.

He's New York's most prominent Knicks fan. But he's also a proud son of Brooklyn. So would Spike Lee ever consider switching teams and rooting for the Brooklyn Nets? No, no and no.

The finale was a formality, more a coronation than a contest. Michael Phelps headed into the retirement the only way imaginable - with another gold medal.

Willie Roaf was tough to get around, an extraordinary blocker at tackle. He was impossible to ignore for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Roaf was the first player inducted Saturday in a six-man group that included four linemen.

A steady diet of pars kept Jim Furyk in the lead Saturday in the Bridgestone Invitational, but not by much.

Serena Williams became the second woman to complete what is known as a career Golden Slam by winning the Olympic gold medal with a 6-0, 6-1 rout of Russian Maria Sharapova, a month after Williams captured her fifth Wimbledon crown.

Every day since the start of training camp, either Matt Flynn, Russell Wilson or Tarvaris Jackson have cycled to the podium in front of a Seahawks backdrop and been asked to handicap the three-way race to be the starting quarterback in Seattle.

Controversial Chinese athlete earned her skills the hard way, coach says

It was a lightning Bolt Sunday for Jamaica but hardly a day of thunder for Canada, including its roster of 48 Island athletes, at the 2012 London Summer Olympics.