When Gary Hall Jr. saw the flames of the Palisades fire rapidly approaching, he grabbed his dog Puddle, a few family mementos, his insulin and left everything else behind — including five gold, three silver and two bronze Olympic medals that he had tucked away in a closet.

When he fled his home on Lachman Lane Tuesday morning, Jan. 7, nearby ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Gary Hall Jr. didn't think anything of the small, off-colored cloud he saw from inside the kitchen of his Pacific Palisades home Tuesday morning.

Then he noticed a narrow plume of smoke in the sky that doubled in size within a minute.

And he smelled smoke.

By the time he saw flames coming out of houses uphill in the distance, ...Read more

MIAMI — An Olympic medalist was jailed Thursday night after getting tased by Miami Beach police when they claim he argued with officers and tried to force his way through an active scene.

Miami-based Olympic sprinter Fred Kerley, 29, who finished on the medal stand in both the 2020 and 2024 Olympics, was arrested following what police ...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — However one feels toward the tumultuous year that has been 2024, there has been one unmitigated positive for we locals: Sports figures who were reared in Lexington have produced a year of unprecedented triumph and acclaim.

In the spring, thoroughbred horse trainer Kenny McPeek — graduate of Tates Creek High School — ...Read more