olympics

As the world prepares for the London Olympic Games that get underway later this week a new warning has been issued to tourist who will be traveling overseas to view the games.

One of UL's all-time great women's basketball players, Anna Petrakova, will be heading to the London Olympics as part of the Russian women's basketball team.

Some really interesting sports used to be in the Olympics! Actually, maybe interesting is the wrong word - because if they were interesting, there would still be an interest in playing or watching them, wouldn't there?

Of all the US athletes set to participate in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, none have captured our hearts more so than Lolo (real name Lori) Jones. And why not?

With the summer Olympics fast approaching, many of the athletes are in the spotlight. Every little thing they do is being watched, even their tweets. Stephanie Rice learned that after tweeting a picture of her new bikini.

The 2012 Kellogg’s® Tour of Gymnastics Champions, a national tour featuring Team USA’s top performing gymnasts following the 2012 Olympic Games in London, is coming to Lafayette's Cajundome on October 21, 2012.

Here it is again February 29th, that extra day that we slip in to the calendar. We know like the Presidential elections, the Olympics and Steve Holy having a hit record, leap years only occur every four years. Why is that?

As parents we feel every emotion our child feels, we are thrilled when they win and hurt even worse when the outcome does not meet the expectations. Such is the case of Derek Redmond, a world class sprinter.

I never knew there was so much drama in the sport of long jumping. Who knew this sport required such speed, timing and athletic ability. After watching this video I think that I will spend a little more time watching track and field. I can't quite put my finger on it but there is something that is very compelling about this sport.