Like lightning, Bolt sets record in Olympic 200m Arms churning high, face twisted in pain as he sprinted toward the finish line, Usain Bolt kept glancing at the clock. The win in the Olympic 200 meters was a given, his second gold medal of the Beijing Games assured. This was now about a world record. About racing against history.
US tops Australia 116-85 to reach basketball semis Don't doubt this U.S. men's basketball team - and sure don't challenge them, either. Especially if it's going to make Kobe Bryant flash his NBA MVP form.
Griffey ties Sosa with 609th HR as White Sox roll Ken Griffey Jr. hit one of Chicago's four homers to move into a tie with Sammy Sosa for fifth on the career list and the surging White Sox routed the Seattle Mariners 15-3 on Wednesday.
Bengals players hoping Chris Henry avoids trouble Chris Henry's return hasn't made much of an impact on his Cincinnati Bengals teammates, who have tried many times already to help the troubled receiver change his life. Now, they say it's entirely up to Henry to make good on his latest, unexpected chance.
2 Penske cars damaged in transporter fire Roger Penske's IndyCar team is scrambling to replace its two cars for this weekend's California race after they were damaged in a transporter truck fire.
4 more foreign activists detained in China Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday. Police later squelched a pro-Tibet demonstration.
NCAA penalizes New Mexico for football violations The NCAA put New Mexico's football program on three years of probation Wednesday and cut five scholarships as punishment for academic violations involving two former assistant coaches.
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Nolasco uses arm, bat to help Marlins past Giants Florida Marlins' Ricky Nolasco, right, embraces catcher John Baker at the end of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)