Walters, who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing as part of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay team, joined the LACFD nearly a decade ago, according to the official ...

South African relay sprinter Bayanda Walaza won silver at the Paris Olympics when he was still in high school, and despite numerous offers from US colleges, opted to study at home. He is not alone.

Beatrice Chebet smashed the women's 5-kilometer world record with a time of 13 minutes, 54 seconds at the Cursa dels Nassos road race in Barcelona as she finished a blockbuster year on a high.

The 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was revenge time for the normally dominant United States basketball team. This time the team was assembled with a plethora of stars with no compromises as the ...

Stephanie Rice of Australia smashes the world record in the women's 400M individual medley event at the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games.