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PIERCE EGAN, the 19th-century boxing journalist who coined the term sweet science, wrote that "drummers and boxers, to acquire excellence, must begin young." Deontay Wilder, the 6'7" U.S. heavyweight, was made to...

THE RACE was over in an instant, 36 seconds and change. In that small window of time, U.S. riders Mike Day, 23, and Donny Robinson, 25, took silver and bronze, respectively, behind world champion Maris Strombergs of...

JUST DAYS after his father-in-law, Todd Bachman, was murdered, Hugh McCutcheon returned to the scene of the crime. He was accompanied by his sisters-in-law, who had flown to Beijing from Minnesota upon hearing that...

After the queens of the sport extended their reign, the U.S. men became sultans of the sand

Steven Zavala RANDOLPH, N.J. > Baseball Zavala, a Rutgers-bound graduate of Randolph High, batted .532 with 42 hits, 20 steals and 36 RBIs. He had the Newark Star-Ledger's hitting performance of the year: 5 for 5,...