By now you've certainly heard the story of Caster Semenya, the South African female runner who shattered the 800 meter record at the World Championships late Wednesday night ... only to be told that authorities aren't...

Seeing how Usain Bolt broke his own preposterous world record in the 100 meter sprint despite an injury plagued training season earlier this week in Berlin made it seem almost like an afterthought that the sprinter would...

Usain Bolt set a new world record at the 100 meter distance on Sunday, shaving a full 1/10 of a second off his previous best, set last August in Beijing at the Olympics (yes, 1/10 of a second is an enormous amount). Sure, you...

Every year, UCLA co-eds get together to run in their underwear. It's a harmless pasttime that combines all the spirit that makes college so great: nakedness, free will and a general sense of "what the hell, let's do something...

Jim Thorpe was a great athlete. So was Jim Brown. Still, neither of them achieved what Carl Joseph did: Star in more than one sport ... on one leg. Forget Paralympians, this guy was a legit football and track star! Now, at...

Ivan Ukhov is a prominent high jumper on the European Golden Spikes professional track tour. Actually, he WAS a prominent high jumper on the Golden Spikes tour until the Russian showed up at a meet completely plastered,...

He is, unequivocally, the fastest man on the face of the planet. Ever. Jamaican Usain Bolt not only won a second gold medal in Beijing -- winnning the 200 meters as dominantly as he did the 100 -- he set a second world record...

He is, unequivocally, the fastest man on the face of the planet. Ever. Jamaican Usain Bolt not only won a second gold medal in Beijing -- winnning the 200 meters as dominantly as he did the 100 -- he set a second world record...

The 100-meter final, a race which unofficially determines the world's fastest man, was supposed to be a mano-a-mano showdown between Jamaica's Usain Bolt and Tyson Gay of the U.S. When Gay failed to qualify because of a lack...

We here at The Daily Tube have been waiting on this day forever, and it's finally here: Olympic pole vaulters--attractive ones, at that--have resorted to a YouTube video dance-off to sort out a dispute. For the record, this...

Look, we're not a bunch of geniuses over here, but we thought the point of hurdles was to jump OVER them. Right? Isn't that the point? Just saying.

And if you're wondering why, it probably has something to do with this: Not only does it revolve around sprinting, it also includes large vaults above high hurdles and ... wait for it ... water. Yes, running the steeplechase...

It seems like forever since an American could be named the world's fastest man--and be confirmed drug free. Our long national nightmare is over, thanks to the blazing legs of Tyson Gay. The American sprinter covered 100...