TO ESCAPE GANGS AND VIOLENCE, KIDS OFTEN TURN TO SPORTS. MANY IN OAKLAND NO LONGER SEE THEM AS THE WAY OUT

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Her World Cup outburst violated the team-first ethos of women's sports and made her an outcast. Now Hope Solo is the U.S. goalie once again, bound for Beijing—and still trying to figure it all out

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With trips to Beijing at stake, a beleaguered sport comes home this week to Eugene, a.k.a. Track Town, U.S.A., where adoring fans will be wrapped up in these and other events

Denied the chance to go head-to-head at the Olympics, sprint stars Allyson Felix and Sanya Richards will drive each other at this week's U.S. trials—and aim for gold in separate events

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Diagnosed with leukemia in February, Kenechi Udeze has been fighting the illness with a defensive end's tenacity

In yet another NFL off-season for the police blotter, Vikings defensive end Jared Allen offers a ray of hope: A onetime wild man whose excesses threatened to derail his career, he's attacking his second chance with a...

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