WHITEHALL — Whether it was rewriting records, pushing through pain, or delivering when it mattered most, area athletes came up big Tuesday at the District 11 Track and Field Championships. Palmerton ...
Axe throwing’s origin as a sport is unclear. Some attribute the pastime to early Native American tribes and their tomahawks. Others claim it came into fashion in the mid-19th century, when lumberjacks ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Becky Pepper-Jackson finished third in the discus throw in West Virginia last year though she was in just her first year of high school. Now a 15-year-old sophomore, Pepper-Jackson ...
Authorities arrested a trio of suspected burglars and recovered stolen items including more than 30 guns, artwork, military service medals, and more.Lake Oswego Man shot, injured in North Portland ...
TOKYO - The 2025 World Athletic Championships took place from September 13-21 in Tokyo Japan, bringing together the top outdoor track & field athletes from around the world to compete on the global ...
Dallas Mavericks alternate governor Mark Cuban heads for his seat during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks at American Airlines Center on Thursday, April 4, 2024, in ...
One of N.J.’s top girls track and field athletes has made her college decision. Delsea senior thrower Hannah Nuhfer announced on Saturday via Instagram that she has committed to Penn State. Nuhfer, ...
On a humid September evening in Tokyo, Valarie Allman strutted into the discus circle for her first throw of the World Championships final. Discus in her right hand, the 30-year-old balletically spun ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Grand Rapids athlete Alex Rose has done something that no Samoan athlete has ever done before: medal at the World Athletics Championships. Rose took bronze in the discus ...
TOKYO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Former Olympic champion Daniel Stahl of Sweden won the last gold medal of the 2025 World Athletics Championships on Sunday with the penultimate throw of a men's discus final ...
The greatest competitor ever to compete in the discus, Al Oerter participated in four Olympics, always as the underdog, and always came out the winner. Each time, he set an Olympic record in the event ...
Unlike SMU, which had disbanded its men’s track program, Arizona offered exactly what de Beer was looking for: An opportunity to throw the discus and walk on to the football team. At first, de Beer ...