After pressure mounting from both sides and some calling her decision unfair, Missy Franklin announced on Wednesday her decision to swim for her Colorado high school's swim team this season.
Hope Solo's husband, Jerramy Stevens, has landed in jail again two weeks after his last arrest for domestic violence the day before their wedding. Stevens, 33, was picked up in Tampa on Nov. 28 for violating his probation on a previous marijuana possession charge. Ann Howard, the director of communications at the Florida Department of Corrections said the violation stemmed from Stevens' arrest on the domestic abuse charge incident that involved Solo in Seattle, according to USA TODAY Sports. The Seatle arrest violated the terms of his probation, and so a warrant was issued.
Serena Williams stunned David Letterman during her appearance on the "Late Show" on Aug. 22. When she came out on stage for her sit down with the late night talk show host wearing a formfitting red dress and 6-inch high-heel shoes, Letterman revealed perhaps more than he planned for the interview. "I think I saw your eyes almost pop out there," Williams said after she sat down next to him. "Well, I think so ... That's not the only thing," responded Letterman.
Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas will make a pit stop in New York City on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 23.
The gymnast is scheduled to appear at Citi Field to throw out the first pitch for the Mets' 1 p.m. game against the Colorado Rockies.,The Flying Squirrel shared her excitement about her appearance through her Twitter account. "So excited to be a part of Citi Field Kids & to share my story. And I get to throw out the 1st pitch at the Mets game! #ballin lol!" she tweeted Wednesday.
Olympian Ryan Lochte does not have a girlfriend, but has admitted that he is "waiting to find the right girl" and "wants to give a certain someone my heart."
From the swimming pool to the bathtub, Olympic swimmer and gold medalist Michael Phelps is sporting the same swimsuit, but now while lying in bath water for a new Louis Vuittion advertisement.
Spice Girls, One Direction, Jessie J, George Michael, and The Bee Gees were among the star-studded night filled with singers, models, acrobats and the closing of the Olympic torch.
While in London, USA won 104 Olympic medals but more importantly, let us see which athletes ranked highest by winning their own Olympic medals. With no surprise to many, the top three are all USA swimmers.
Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba may have clocked in the world record time for the women’s 5,000-meter relay in 2008, but at the London finals, it was fellow Ethiopian Meseret Defar that took the gold home.
