Wave a discus in front of the Durands and they get all weak in the knees. It's like leading birds with bread crumbs. Wave it and they'll follow you anywhere. They'd probably follow you even if you ...

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 ...

MOORHEAD-The first time Hillary Birchem threw a discus, the experience wasn't pleasant. "I said I would never do it again," said Birchem, from Lisbon, N.D. A high school freshman at the time, Birchem ...

"While both discus and hammer throwing involve rotating movements resulting in the throw of an object, discus throwers sometimes report dizziness, a condition never experienced by hammer throwers... A ...

BUENA VISTA, Colo.—When Mason Finley was in grade school, the McDonald’s in Salida gave out little Frisbee-style plastic discs in a promotion. That inspired Mason’s father, Jared, a behemoth of a man ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — While you watch your favorite athletes go for gold, consider how all that time, distance, and height is achieved by balancing the same forces all of us mere mortals experience every ...

MARYSVILLE, Wash. -- An Olympic athlete who left a tremendous legacy in the discus throwing community in the Northwest and beyond has died. Marysville native Jarred Rome was 42. "The career that he ...

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Fifteen year-old Skyrac athlete Amy Howard (Benton Park School) exceeded all expectations at the English Schools' AA Track and Field Championships at the Harvey Hadden Stadium, Nottingham. Competing ...

When I pass the statue of the discus thrower in front of the Johns Hopkins University field house, my glorious athletic career flashes before my eyes. There’s lifelong dreaming in these moments, a ...