Jamaica, homeland of the incomparable Usain Bolt, ranks 139th in the world in population but it’s No. 1 in terms of speed. The Caribbean island of some 2.95 million people deserves the title “World’s Fastest Country” based on its domination …

Simone Biles showed off her sassy moves and explosive tumbles on the floor exercise to win a record-equaling fourth gold at the Olympics on Tuesday.

With crimson lipstick, eyeliner, mascara and a beaming smile, Michelle Carter won a stunning Olympic shot put gold last Friday to sprinkle a little glitz on an event often cruelly ridiculed for the shape of its women athletes.

You can’t keep the Williams sisters down.

The Virginia Interscholastic Association Heritage Association will hold its next meeting 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20, at Azurest South Alumni House at Virginia State University.

There were a few wobbles here and there, even for Simone Biles, but those imperfections could not stop the United States from blowing away the opposition to capture the Olympic women’s team title with a record margin Tuesday.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil There will be no gold medals for Serena and Venus Williams at the Rio Olympics. Instead, the sisters are leaving the games early.

Red, white and blue usually adds up to gold at the Summer Olympics basketball competition. The American contingent has won the gold medal in 14 of the 17 games in which it has participated, starting in 1936 when basketball was …

Small town kid, big time talent. That may be the best way to describe George “Geo” Feggins, Virginia State University’s bone-jarring middle linebacker. The 6-foot-1, 215-pound senior, who came to the Trojans from Park View High School in South Hill …

After dominating CIAA football, coaches Latrell Scott and Connell Maynor have found MEAC a tougher nut to crack. Coach Scott, 41, is in his second year at Norfolk State University following two banner seasons as the head football coach at …

Local teams came back winners and runners-up in separate national basketball competitions. Team Loaded’s 12-year-olds dominated a 60-team field in winning the United States Basketball Association Nationals last month in Charlotte, N.C.

Willard Bailey never won a CIAA title coaching football at St. Paul’s College, but championships alone aren’t always what it’s all about.

Making favorable first impressions sometimes can open doors of opportunity. As an assistant football coach at Dartmouth College, Jerry Taylor Jr.’s duties include escorting high school prospects and their parents on campus tours.

The 2016 Summer Olympics open Friday in Rio de Janeiro. But the typical opulence and spectacle of the opening ceremony will break from tradition. Organizers in Brazil will depart from the recent tradition of large-scale and expensive shows, and instead …

Venezuela is renowned for producing baseball players and beauty queens. On the other hand, the South American nation is an unlikely location for producing a world-class golfer. From a land with little in the way of courses, instruction or golfing …