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MONTE CARLO (Reuters) — Olympic champions Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia were named 2008 World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Gala on Sunday.
Bolt, 22, captured three gold medals at the Olympic Games in Beijing in August, sweeping the 100 and 200 meters and running the third leg [...]

Here are some pics of D’Angel, Shaggy, Twins of Twin, and of course Usain Bolt, at the Usain Bolt Homecoming Party. Enjoy!

Usain continues to make his rounds on the New York TV circuit. He was on David Letterman last night and this morning he sat down with Nick Lachey and Kelly Ripa on the Regis and Kelly show. During the segment, Kelly asked him if was afraid of any runner, he said no, of course and [...]

I  just finished watching Usain Bolt sit down with David Letterman tonight to discuss everything from his high-flying career, pre-race diet at the Olympics, and his remarkable reception when he returned home to Jamaica. In true Bolt fashion the interview was full of jokes and laughs. For instance, when asked why he “pulled up” during [...]

*Update- I didn’t personally make it to the game on Saturday, but reports from those that went are that fun was had by all, in spite of the triple digit temperature. According to the AP, “El Salvador and Jamaica drew 0-0 in their last football friendly on Saturday before resuming World Cup qualifying next month.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – Life in the fast lane is not always about equality and Jamaican sprint queen Veronica Campbell-Brown knows this better than most.
Perhaps the leading female sprinter of the past four years with Olympic gold in the 200 metres and 4×100m relay plus a bronze in the 100m and four world [...]

Jamaican runner, Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the world! The 6′4″, 21-year old set a new world record of 9.72 seconds, last night in New York at the Reebok Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island. The meet was reported to have been abuzz all night and felt like “Jamaica Night” with [...]

Update: The IOC has officially stripped the US 1600 and 200 meter relay teams of their medals today.
The IOC (International Olympic Committee) wants to award the 2000 Olympic, Jamaican women’s sprint team, the gold medals for the 1600-meter and possibly the bronze medals for the 200-meter relays, after disqualifying not only Marion Jones but the [...]

I’d been reserving this post but I think with the death of Herb McKenley on yesterday it would be a befitting tribute to his legacy. McKenley, an accomplished sprinter, won three medals at the 1951 Pan American games, was a member of Jamaica’s 1952 Olympic winning mile relay team, and was even bestowed with the [...]

Here’s a follow-up feature on today’s post on The Sunshine Girls. Team Captain, Elaine Davis speaks to the media about her feelings about playing at The Netball Championships abroad (as opposed to in Jamaica in 2003) and how this year’s team differs from previous teams.

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Jamaica is participating in the 2007 Netball Championships in Auckland, New Zealand. Here are some of the pics of the ladies putting in work against Fiji on Monday. For more information on the Sunshine Girls, visit their webpage at Jamaicanetball.org and for more on the 2007 Netball Championships check out the official site here. The [...]

After years of denying that she used performance enhancing drugs, Marion Jones has finally admitted to her family and friends that she did in fact take “the clear” before the 2000 Olympics. The clear is linked to the infamous BALCO labs which is in embroiled in a steroid scandal involving the likes of Barry [...]

Asafa Powell beat his own world record and ran 9.77 seconds for the third time, on yesterday in the 100 meter dash at the Reiti Grand Prix in Italy. You can catch the race below, albeit in German. Whatever you do, don’t blink! Congratulations Asafa!