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Southwest Ohio gets rowing specific Paralympic Sport Club

HAMILTON, Ohio - A southwestern Ohio rowing center is now one of only 28 venues in the country that has a rowing-specific Paralympic Sport Club.

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Swimmers sickened after Rio race worry about 2016 Olympics

Reports of dangerously high levels of viruses and bacteria in Rio de Janeiro's waters have raised - and renewed - fears that athletes are at risk of getting sick at next summer's Olympics.

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IOC rules out viral testing of Rio's Olympic waters

RIO DE JANEIRO - The International Olympic Committee ruled out conducting viral tests of Rio de Janeiro's sewage-laden waterways ahead of the 2016 games, a top official said Wednesday, despite an...

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Luczak of US wins 3rd career gold at rowing worlds

AIGUEBELETTE, France - Grace Luczak earned a third career gold medal at the world rowing championships as the American women's four powered to victory on Friday.

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Oklahoma tobacco endowment eyed to fund teacher pay raise

OKLAHOMA CITY - Fifteen years after Oklahoma voters created an endowed trust for programs that discourage tobacco use and promote healthy lifestyles, a state lawmaker wants to use the fund to finance...

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US teams look for future Paralympians at scouting combines

BOSTON - Two years after losing his lower leg in a car crash, Matthew Freitas is faster and stronger than ever.

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Building boats: Workshop instills life skills in students

NORFOLK, Virginia - Retired Marine Tom Brandl stood on the shore of the Elizabeth River rallying his troops.

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US Olympians to visit Boston, where 2024 bid crumbled

BOSTON - More than two months after Boston's bid for the 2024 Olympics collapsed under the weight of fierce public opposition, the United States Olympic Committee is returning to the city with a much...

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Driver fled traffic stop before crash with rowing team bus

BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania - The driver of a car that collided with a bus carrying a university rowing team had fled the scene of a traffic stop less than a mile away before the crash, police said Wednesday.

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New Canadian Olympic Committee chief: ex-rower Tricia Smith

MONTREAL - Olympic medalist rower and lawyer Tricia Smith has been voted president of the Canadian Olympic Committee.

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Students from Pittsburgh, Philadelphia named Rhodes scholars

Students from each end of Pennsylvania are among those selected as Rhodes scholars to pursue post-graduate studies at Oxford University.

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Rhodes scholars for Class of 2016 announced

WASHINGTON - The 32 American men and women chosen as Rhodes scholars include a member of the U.S. National Rowing Team, an Alzheimer's disease social activist and a Harvard University student who holds...

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Washington fires Bob Ernst as women's rowing coach

SEATTLE - Washington has fired women's rowing coach Bob Ernst after 42 years in a variety of roles with the Huskies rowing program.

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Olympic, global health officials flip-flop over viral tests

RIO DE JANEIRO - Since The Associated Press first reported on contamination of Rio de Janeiro's Olympic waterways, Olympic officials and the World Health Organization have changed their minds...

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Tennessee man prepares to row across Atlantic

NASHVILLE, Tennessee - A Tennessee man is preparing to put his endurance to an ultimate challenge by trying to row a boat across the Atlantic Ocean.

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Cuban national rowing teams to highlight 30th Windermere Cup

SEATTLE - The Cuban men's and women's national rowing teams will highlight the 30th Windermere Cup regatta to be held on Lake Washington in May.

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Rio de Janeiro Olympics facing deep cuts unseen in decades

RIO DE JANEIRO - Cuts, cuts and more cuts.

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Former rowing world champion Abbagnale faces doping ban

ROME - Former rowing world champion Vincenzo Abbagnale is facing a doping suspension after missing three surprise tests.

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4 UK rowers rescued from Atlantic after boat capsizes

LONDON - Four British women trying to cross the Atlantic in a rowing boat have been rescued after they were stranded in the mid-Atlantic Ocean for more than 16 hours when their boat capsized and they...

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Rio 2016 scraps specific seat tickets in several venues

RIO DE JANEIRO - Organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics have decided to scrap assigned seat tickets in certain sections at some sports and venues, including the main stadium.

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