Now that former area resident Brigetta Barrett has qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, high-jumping a personal-best and meet-record 6 feet, 7 inches at Saturday’s U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., the question now becomes: Can sh...
When Ashton Eaton broke the world record in the decathlon at the U.S. Olympic trials last month, he looked around for his personal coach, Harry Marra of Cohoes.
Eaton, 24, and Marra, 64, found one another among the throng at the&n...
Augusta, Ga--"It showed me I can endure anything and I can persevere and I can rise to the top of anything because I was shot twice and left for dead and my sister was as well and Lyndon, he was shot in the head and left for dea...