Not all athletes are role models, and as Charles Barkley famously pointed out in a controversial 1993 Nike commercial, not all want to be. Naomi Graham is one who does. A staff sergeant in the […]
TOKYO — Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said after meeting with IOC and Japanese organizers on Thursday. The ban came hours after […]
DURHAM — Durham Bulls pitcher Joe Ryan picked up a new nickname from teammate Brent Honeywell Jr.: Captain America. That’s because Ryan, who is 3-3 with a 4.11 ERA in his first year with the […]
The Research Triangle is famous for being a hotbed of college basketball and home to the Durham Bulls, arguably the best-known team in minor league baseball. What isn’t as well known is the high concentration […]
Some kids dress up as superheroes for Halloween. Others wear costumes to look like ballerinas or princesses. When Claire Curzan was younger, she wanted to go trick-or-treating as an Olympic swimmer. “I remember going through […]
American players fell to the field at the final whistle. Another missed Olympics soccer tournament for the U.S. men. Juan Carlos Obregón scored in the fourth minute of first-half stoppage time, goalkeeper David Ochoa committed […]
Unless it’s the Olympics or a World Cup, women’s soccer rarely rates more than a blip on the radar of most American sports fans. So when the National Women’s Soccer League had the nation’s attention […]
TOKYO — Matt Stutzman was born without arms — just stumps at the shoulders. Ellie Cole’s right leg was amputated when she was 3, lost to cancer. Bebe Vio had parts of all four limbs […]
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