HASTINGS, Minn. - Throwing the discus or shot put is the most technique-heavy event in track and field. A thrower has to perfect every motion from their feet to their arms to excel. Todd Levos, the ...

Valarie Allman competes in the women's discus during the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene.The women's discus during the U.S. Track and Field Trials at Hayward Field in ...

PARIS, France — Discus throw is one of the premier track and field events held every four years at the Summer Olympics. In the discus throw, athletes hurl a metal disc-shaped object as far as they can ...

It can appear to the naked eye as a blur; a frenzied whirlwind of arms and legs, but for Ancient Greece it epitomized an intoxicating marriage of harmony and balance. A sport with an almost ...

You’re considering new fish for your home aquarium, but all you see in your local pet store are the usual guppies, tetras, and small cichlids. You want a more unusual fish that stands out from the ...

Following in your parents’ footsteps can be a daunting task: just ask Bronny James what it’s like to launch a sports career without comparisons to his father, LeBron, arguably the greatest basketball ...

BELGRADE, SERBIA - MARCH 19: Ryan Crouser of The United States USA competes during the Men’s Shot Putt on Day Two of the World Athletics Indoor Championships Belgrade 2022 at Belgrade Arena on March ...

One look at Lance Brooks and it’s pretty obvious why he might make a good bouncer. Or, perhaps, a good discus thrower. A former bouncer who works in construction when he’s not preparing for the U.S.

Arizona State's Jorinde van Klinken competed unattached last week at two meets in Tucson, hoping for an Olympic qualifying mark in discus. She needed a throw of 63.50 meters (208 feet-4 inches), not ...

To throw a 2.2-pound discus around 200 feet, you need to have some serious total-body strength—a fact that Olympic discus thrower Whitney Ashley knows well. The 31-year-old was a standout at San Diego ...