... was his ninth career gold medal, tying Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis and two others for the biggest stash of Olympic gold ... with four others including Mark Spitz and track star Carl Lewis, for most Olympic golds. Tennis It sounds like the ...

... nine career gold won by Finland's Paavo Nurmi until Russia's Laysa Latynina came along. Then Spitz did it. Then Carl Lewis. No one could get it to double digits, though, not until this 23-year-old phenom from Baltimore. - Advertisement ...

... because two of Bolt's marks were more than a decade old. The final record shattered a 16-year-old mark held by Carl Lewis and his American teammates by 0.3 second. Bolt joined Lewis, Bobby Morrow and Jesse Owens as only the fourth man ...

... he will be a heavy favorite to win that one next week in what would be the first men's Olympic sprint double since Carl Lewis in 1988. But Bolt persuaded his coach 13 months ago to let him try the 100, too and what quick progress he has made ...

... Usain Bolt set the world record in the 100, their women swept the event and Bolt kept cruising Monday, coasting through the quarterfinals of the 200, looking for the first sprint double in Wednesday's final since Carl Lewis in 1984.

... every great sprinter to ever put on spikes. He became the first man to win the 100-200 double at the Olympics since Carl Lewis in 1984. He gets mentioned in the same breath with Johnson, as well as Jesse Owens and any of the other six men to ...

... Actress Lisa Blount is 51. Rhythm-and-blues singer Evelyn "Champagne" King is 48. Olympic gold medal track star Carl Lewis is 47. Country singer Michelle Wright is 47. Actor Andre Braugher is 46. Actress Pamela Anderson is 41. Rock musician ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Shades of Florence Griffith Joyner and Carl Lewis. That's how well Marion Jones and Maurice Greene performed Saturday night in winning the women's and men's 100-meter dashes ...

... we're coming." Obikwelu finished in 9.86 for the silver medal. Greene, trying to become the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 and '88 to win back-to-back Olympic 100s, took bronze in 9.87. A third American, Shawn Crawford, was ...

... profiling the top 50 athletes will run consecutively on ESPN2 on Thursday and Friday. ESPN's second 10 had Louis, Carl Lewis, Chamberlain, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, Magic Johnson, Bill Russell, Martina Navratilova and ...