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Hoping to capture the gold medal in Beijing in August after a third-place showing in Athens four years ago, the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team was announced Monday. (June 23)

LeBron James will get another shot at Olympic gold, and this time, he'll have reigning MVP Kobe Bryant. The two NBA superstars were part of the U.S. men's basketball that was announced Monday for the   more...Beijing Games. (June 23)  less

The men's Olympic gymnastic trials continue in Philadelphia. As the Ap's Bonny Ghosh reports, some Olympic hopefuls put out great performances, while some described their performance as sloppy. (June   more...20)  less

Stories of Disabled Sailors. As told by Juliet Aucreman

Argentina won gold medal - celebration - amazing last 2 points

Chinese citizens greet and cheer the Olympic flame as torch bearers carry it across the country. Saturday a gold medal runner was among those running a leg of the relay in Liaoning province. (July 19)

---------------------------------------Four years ago, Natalie Coughlin became one of three American women to win five medals during one Olympics. She has high hopes for more medals as she heads to her   more...second Olympics in Beijing. (July 15)  less

Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau is heading to Beijing with a startling diagnosis: He has cancer. As AP Correspondent Haven Daley reports, the 24-year-old is putting off surgery until after the Olympics.   more...(July 14)  less

Swimming is a sport dominated by athletes in their teens and early 20's. But, at the U.S. Trials in Omaha, a 41-year-old is one night away from making Olympic history. (July 3)

Another two world records were snapped on Tuesday at the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials. The biggest surprise? Neither record was broken by Michael Phelps. (July 1)

Three more U.S. swimmers qualified for Olympic events on Monday, including Katie Hoff, who became the first swimmer to qualify for the Beijing games in two events. (June 30)

Swimmer Gary Hall Jr. is a three time Olympian, but hopes to make the team again in 2008 to compete in Beijing. The qualifying trials start later this month. (June 20)

this looks like a cool game, and sorrey that the last few sec. diddn't work

The American Society of Pain Educators (ASPE) announces the launch of an educational Webcast series on chronic pain with leading health specialists and Olympic Games gold medalist and chronic pain sufferer,   more...Nikki Stone. The first in the three-part series, "Keep Moving! Persistent Chronic Pain Doesn't Have to Hold You Back" is available today at www.painawareness.org.

The first Webcast addresses the benefits of exercise for individuals with chronic pain and provides practical tips by leading chronic pain expert, Dr. Warren A. Katz, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Associate of the Rothman Institute. The importance of exercise for people with persistent chronic pain was underscored in the recent PRICARA® Chronic Pain Barometer online survey of 500 American chronic pain sufferers 18 years or older, which evaluated the impact of chronic pain on exercise, diet, relationships and intimacy. In addition, lack of exercise was identified as one of the top three problems affecting the lives of people with chronic pain, while over 40 percent reported that exercise helped manage their pain, in addition to other tools.

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41-year-old Dara Torres is the oldest American swimmer ever to claim a spot on an Olympic swim team. As the AP's Haven Daley reports, she'll have to overcome competitors half her age and nagging doping   more...allegations to win in Beijing. (July 15)  less

When USA Swimmer Michael Phelps heads to Beijing next month, he'll get 8 chances to break Mark Spitz's 36-year-old record of 7 gold medals at one Olympic Games. Phelps won 6 gold medals at in Athens.   more... (July 14)  less

Dara did it. The 41-year-old will be the oldest woman ever to compete in Olympic swimming after finishing first in the 100-meter freestyle event at the Omaha trials. (July 4)

When a swimmer breaks a record, the first question is often what kind of swimsuit they're wearing. A high-stakes battle between two top swimsuit makers has swimmers making tough decisions, and has landed   more...the two rival companies in court. (July 3)  less

No need to wonder who shined in Omaha on Wednesday. Once again, Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff were the stars of the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials. (July 2)

The AP's Brian Mahoney reports on the U.S. Olympic basketball team. Many team members have played international games together for three years. (July 2)

China's latest Olympics nightmare is a vast algae bloom that covers one-third of the sea where the world's best sailors are supposed to be competing in just over a month. Athletes call it the blob, the   more...carpet, the fairway. (July 2)  less

With the Statue of Liberty behind them, the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team made their formal debut and showed off their new uniforms for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. (June 30)

Between shots on the court at the 2008 GM River Days festival in Detroit, Duke Men’s Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski, aka Coach K, discusses his excitement on coaching the 2008 U.S. Men’s Olympic Basketball   more...Team this summer.  less