Athlete - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community

Sports steroids changed a man into a woman

Danielle — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:24:43 +0000

Heidi Krieger proved herself one of the world’s top athletes in the 1980s, winning medal after medal in the shot put for East Germany.

Man, 19, to stand trial in LA athlete murder case

AP — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:26:54 +0000

A suspected gang member has been ordered to stand trial in the shooting death of a Los Angeles high school football star.A judge found sufficient cause Thursday to order Pedro Espinoza to stand trial on a murder charge with a special circumstance...

Poland bids farewell to a young volleyball player

AP — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:30:31 +0000

A diagnosis of bone marrow disease at 17 did not stop volleyball player Agata Mroz from helping Poland’s national women’s team win two European gold medals over nine years.”With a gold medal around my neck,” she once said, “I thought I had conquered...

Athlete Attempts to Get His Legs Amputated to Make the Paralympics

Matz — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:32:38 +0000

An athlete with learning disabilities tried to get his legs run over by a train in a desperate bid to qualify for Paralympic funding.

LA prosecutor taken off case of slain football star

AP — Tue, 13 May 2008 22:54:31 +0000

The community solidarity that followed the killing of high school football star Jamiel Shaw Jr. did not last.A prosecutor has been pulled from the case after clashing with Shaw’s parents, who are demanding hate-crime charges against the...

Top Cuban athlete still missing from national judo team

AP — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:13:11 +0000

The Cuban national judo team prepared to return home Monday without one of its stars, whose weekend disappearance fueled speculation she is defecting.Yurisel Laborde, a two-time world champion and 2004 Olympic bronze medalist, was not with the team...

Cuban team member missing after Judo competition

AP — Mon, 12 May 2008 01:20:45 +0000

A member of Cuba’s women’s national judo team left the team at some point Sunday afternoon following the final day of the Pan American Judo Championships.As of Sunday evening, her location was still unknown.”All we can say for...

Former MSU hoops player gets 125 years for shooting death

AP — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:27:34 +0000

Former Montana State basketball player Branden Miller has been sentenced to 125 years in prison in the shooting death of a suspected drug dealer.District Judge Mike Salvagni sentenced Miller on Tuesday to 100 years in prison for deliberate...

Former MSU basketball player sentenced in shooting death

AP — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:21:46 +0000

Not Guilty Plea in LA Teen Killing

AP — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:41:04 +0000

A man alleged to be a Los Angeles gang member has pleaded not guilty to a charge of killing a high school football star.Nineteen-year-old Pedro Espinoza was arraigned Wednesday on a murder charge with so-called special allegations that carry a...