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Dressel, Kalisz earn titles for US at swim worlds
Caeleb Dressel's 100-meter freestyle win and Chase Kalisz's 200-meter individual medley title made for a banner day for the U.S. at the swimming world championships in Budapest, Hungary.
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TRack & field
Nieto walks down the aisle.
Former Olympian Jamie Nieto suffered a horrific accident that left him paralyzed, but he overcame odds to walk down the aisle on his wedding day.
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Greatest Black Athletes
Greatest Black Athletes
The Undefeated
The Undefeated: Greatest Black Athletes
Where does Jackie Joyner-Kersee rank? Debating the greatest of all time isn’t valid until the track legend receives the respect she has so rightfully earned.
Swimming
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W Debate: Was "Phelps vs. Shark" awful or awesome?
Did Discovery pull a fast one in its promotion of Michael Phelps vs. a great white shark? Or did you watch the Olympian in a monofin with utter fascination?
Swimming
Phelps calls swimming with shark 'a true treat.'
Decorated Olympian Michael Phelps reflects on his experience racing a great white shark and shares his interest in free diving and unexplored areas of the ocean.
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Simone Biles posts hilarious video of wisdom teeth removal
Olympic legend Simone Biles drove a car and attended a concert (maybe) -- all without leaving the dentist's chair.
Swimming: Worlds
Swimming
Campbell has sights on Tokyo.
World champion Bronte Campbell spoke on Tuesday and looked ahead to swimming in the 50-metre and 100-metre freestyle against Sarah Sjostrom and talked about the highs and lows from the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
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Olympic Sports
Will U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky continue her dominance?
We've got you covered on this and other big questions heading into the FINA World Championships (July 23-30). (No, Phelps likely won't come out of retirement this time around.)
Paris, Los Angeles vying for pair of Olympics.
Bonnie D. Ford and Wayne Drehs join OTL to discuss Los Angeles and Paris looking to get the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympic Games.
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Track and Field
Gold hopefuls opt out of Uganda IAAF World Champs team
Star athletes Stephen Kiprotich and Moses Kipsiro have opted out of Uganda's team for the 2017 IAAF World Championship in London next month.
Lochte Cleared
Lochte cleared of charge in Rio Games incident
A Brazilian court dropped its case against Ryan Lochte stemming from his infamous incident where he claimed to be robbed at gunpoint at a gas station along with three other U.S. swimmers last summer at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Olympic Sports
China, Russia grab golds in diving, synchro
Olympic champion Shi Tingmao led China won her second gold of the competition in the women's 3-meter springboard on Friday.
Olympic Sports
France wins 5K swim gold; Russia adds to haul
France's mixed relay team won gold in the 5K open water swimming event, Russia won its fifth synchronized swimming gold and China won the men's 3-meter springboard at the world championships.
2024 Olympic Bid
2024 Olympic Bid
Los Angeles, Paris rewriting the Olympic bidding process
With its meetings and unprecedented bid vote behind it, the IOC wound up with two bid committees capable of cooperating and possibly emerging from the process without serious after-issues. This may not happen again any time soon.
Agents of Change
How two mayors have changed the Olympics bidding game
Why are Los Angeles and Paris the last two cities standing in an Olympic bid process that can be fraught with risk? Look no further than their respective mayors, Eric Garcetti and Anne Hidalgo, who have changed the game along the way.
IOC Meetings
IOC votes to allow simultaneous '24, '28 bids
The IOC voted to allow simultaneous bids for the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games, moving Los Angeles and Paris closer to landing those bids in September.
Sailing
Team NZ: Next Cup likely in Auckland in 2021
Team New Zealand, which beat Team USA in the 35th America's Cup last month, has indicated it will likely host the next America's Cup regatta and challenger selection series in Auckland in early 2021.
Nassar Trial
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Think there's little justice in Larry Nassar's guilty plea?
Larry Nassar pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges in exchange for avoiding prosecution for arguably more serious charges of sexually exploiting children. Is this adequate justice?
IOC Meetings
Track and Field
Uganda team drives 685km for track worlds
Uganda's 13-person athletics team endured a 685-km drive by bus to Kenya this week, ahead of the IAAF World U-18 Championships in Nairobi.
SC Featured
SC Featured: Trading Olympic silver to help save a life.
Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski trades the biggest accomplishment of his career to help fund the care of a young boy with a rare form of cancer.
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Beach Volleyball
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Kerri Walsh Jennings draws a line in the sand
In May, Kerri Walsh Jennings left the AVP tour and split with her 2016 Olympic partner, April Ross, because she believes the current power structure is preventing athletes from making a living wage in beach volleyball. Now, she's trying to change that.
Beach Volleyball
Walsh Jennings sets sights on Tokyo with new partner.
Kerri Walsh Jennings on why she split from the AVP tour and her 2016 Olympic partner, April Ross -- and how she's now committed to winning another Olympic gold medal in Tokyo in 2020.
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ESPYS: Flashback
Vonn is a living legend on the slopes.
To commemorate the 25th year of The ESPYS, we celebrate 25 athletes who have made the greatest mark on this quarter century. At 32, Lindsey Vonn has cemented herself as the greatest skier in U.S. history.
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Track Highlights
The Body Issue
Figure Skating
Figure skater Wagner: 'I was not in this for the spandex and the sparkles'
For ESPN's annual Body Issue, figure skater and Olympic bronze medalist Ashley Wagner talks about just how much strength it takes to make all those triple axels look "effortless," and confronted the image of figure skaters as porcelain dolls.
World Hockey Championship
The U.S. women's national hockey team changed the culture of the sport.
By gaining equitable treatment and winning the 2017 world championship, members of U.S. women's national hockey team made history.
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Freeskiing
Kenworthy: Since coming out, 'I got to compete uninhibited'
After baring all in the 2017 Body Issue, Gus Kenworthy describes the confidence he found after coming out, the toll freeskiing takes on his body and, yes, what it was like to land jumps in his birthday suit.
More from The Body Issue
Eagles
NFL
Zach and Julie Ertz believe love is always the answer.
As professional athletes married to each other, Zach and Julie Ertz provide support and inspiration through competition.
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The Body Issue
Olympian Williams-Mills is proud of her scars.
Novlene Williams-Mills, who won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, is proud of the scars on her chest that are a constant reminder of her battle with breast cancer.
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The Body Issue
Sprinter Williams-Mills: 'My battle scars are my cancer scars'
For ESPN's annual Body Issue, Jamaican sprinter Novlene Williams-Mills opens up about her battle with breast cancer -- and competing in the 2012 London Olympics while awaiting treatment.
Softball: World Cup
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Japan tops U.S. for World Cup of Softball gold
The United States took a perfect record into the championship-game clash against Japan in Oklahoma City. But Yukiko Ueno helped Japan take home the gold.
Steven Holcomb: Hall of Fame
Olympic bobsledder Steven Holcomb never 'let fear get in the way'
With a career full of both triumph and struggle, the late Steven Holcomb was working toward another gold at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics. But for the USABS Hall of Fame inductee, there was so much more to life than competing on the world stage.
ESPYS: Flashback
Phelps the most decorated Olympian of all time.
To commemorate the 25th year of The ESPYS, we celebrate 25 athletes who have made the greatest mark on this quarter century. 23-time gold medalist Michael Phelps has raised the bar to new heights with a total 28 medals.
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Track and Field
Hughes hoping to celebrate Bolt's final farewell
British sprinter Zharnel Hughes talks to ESPN about his hopes of being present for Usain Bolt's final race at the athletics World Championships in London this August.
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Sydney McLaughlin: No 400-meter hurdles as Kentucky freshman
At just 17, Sydney McLaughlin already has competed for the United States at the Olympics. We caught up with the star just moments after she was surprised by Allyson Felix with the Gatorade Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year trophy.
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt
Bolt curious who'll fill shoes as world's fastest
As eight-time Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt heads into retirement, he's "definitely excited" to see who will take his place as the world's fastest man.
Usain Bolt
- The Undefeated
Usain Bolt is running out the clock
In his final summer of competition, what is left to chase for the world’s fastest man?
Dan Vs. Dave
30 for 30 podcasts: Dan versus Dave
Before the 1992 Summer Olympics, TV viewers were led to believe that American decathletes Dan O'Brien and Dave Johnson would both be the talk of the Games. Until it wasn't. Twenty-five years later, we revisit the hype, how the campaign went bust and O'Brien's path to redemption.
Gymnastics
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Meet 91-year-old gymnast Johanna Quaas
Recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest gymnast in the world, 91-year-old Johanna Quaas of Germany will be showing off her impressive skills to Steve Harvey on the next episode of "Little Big Shots: Forever Young."
NCAA - Other
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Stanford's Ledecky wins Honda Cup
Just when you thought Katie Ledecky couldn't get any more decorated, the Stanford swimmer wins the Honda Cup as the collegiate woman athlete of the year.
Title IX: 45 Years Later
Olympic Sports
The Importance of Title IX: Flo-Jo's Impact.
In 1988, Florence Griffith Joyner became the fastest person in the world winning three gold medals at the Seoul Olympics. Journalist Christine Brennan discusses the kind of brand Flo-Jo brought with her running.
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Track and Field
Title IX 45th Anniversary Vignette: Gail Devers.
Gail Devers may have been the best hurdler of her time while also battling Graves' Disease. Journalist Christine Brennan gives insight to the adversities Devers faced and how she overcame her obstacles.
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Boxing
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Junior boxing phenom has her sights set on 2020 Olympics
Alexis Lavarine began tagging along with her dad on workouts shortly after she took her first steps. By age 3, she was trying to match his steps as he ran up and down bleachers. Now 14, Lavarine already boasts six national and three world boxing titles.
Phelps Vs. Shark?
Swimming
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Michael Phelps swims with sharks, son in safer waters
Swimming legend Michael Phelps and his son, Boomer, are both testing new waters -- Phelps in the ocean and Boomer in the backyard pool.
Phelps Vs. Shark?
Does Phelps have any shot at beating a shark in a race?
The SportsNation crew compares Michael Phelps racing a great white shark in its natural habitat to MMA fighter Conor McGregor boxing against Floyd Mayweather.
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Olympic Sports
Do you really still hate Ryan Lochte?
In consideration of fireworks, massages, Olympic gold, reality TV, marriage, fatherhood -- and that incident in Rio.
ESPN World Fame 100
ESPN World Fame 100
ESPN's ranking of the most famous athletes on the planet
Who are the world's most famous athletes? Using a formula that combines endorsements with social media following and Google search popularity, we've created the ESPN World Fame 100 rankings.
Tennis
ESPN World Fame 100: Behind the numbers
Which sports are represented the most in our 2017 list? Which athletes earn the most endorsement money? We break down the numbers behind the World Fame 100.
ESPN World Fame 100
ESPN World Fame Top 10: No. 7: Usain Bolt.
He is the fastest man on the planet ... and also one of the most famous in sports.
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Top Headlines
- Ethiopian runner left off team, attacks coach
- Langton wins U.S. bobsled push championship
- Canada's McDavid frustrated to miss Olympics
- Katie Ledecky loses for first time at worlds
- US sets 2 world records, wins mixed medley
- Ennis-Hill to receive gold six years late
- Canada sets GM, coach for '18 OIympic hockey