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No one imagined a happy ending that night in early February, when fire destroyed the home of Tyler Schmitz's family in Festus.

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARDS The 2009 AT&T National Sportsmanship Awards ceremony begins at 6 p.m. Saturday in the Khorassan Ballroom of the Chase Park Plaza.

The stadium was not filled with raucous fans. No public address announcer called out names.

China's Liu Xiang and Terrence Trammell compete in the 110-meter hurdles. The American won in 13.15 seconds in a photo finish.

American sprinters Tyson Gay and Carmelita Jeter flirted with history at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix on Sunday.

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang placed second at the Golden Grand Prix on Sunday in his first race since a foot injury forced him to pull out of the Beijing Olympics.

Imagine a Bob Hope Christmas special where Mark Hamill or one of the other special guests upstaged the star and stole all the laughs.

Another day at the US Olympic trials; another doping positive. For the third time in as many days the track-and-field folk gathered at the Hornets Stadium in Sacramento were stung by the news that a contender for a place on the US team had fallen foul of the drug-testers. Another day at the US Olympic trials; another doping positive.

It is just as well that Christian Malcolm was blessed with a blistering turn of speed as a 16-year-old. Otherwise, he might have been on a wing-and- a-prayer mission at Molineux yesterday instead of striking gold for Britain at the European indoor championships.

RUNNING TO VICTORY: Other winners at the British Grand Prix included Olympic and world 400m champion LaShawn Merritt and Shawn Crawford in the 200m AP , GATESHEAD, ENGLAND Wednesday, Sep 02, 2009, Page 20 Tyson Gay , center, sprints to victory in the men s 100m on Monday at the British Grand Prix athletics meet in Gateshead, England.

LIVE TEXT COMMENTARY 1517: Big cheers for Marlon. Crawford flexes his muscles. Spearmon sporting a finely-manicured goatee gets down to the blocks.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt once again showed the world he is the greatest sprinter of all time.

Sprinter Tyson Gay emerged from giant shadow cast by Usain Bolt to lead the United States' domination of the British Grand Prix on Monday.

It was Groundhog Day at the world track and field championships Friday night in Berlin... and again Saturday afternoon.

Teeth clenched, Usain Bolt grimaced as he churned toward the finish line, hoping to coax a fraction more out of his 6-foot-5 frame.

Teeth clenched, Usain Bolt grimaced as he churned toward the finish line, hoping to coax a fraction more out of his 6-foot-5 frame.

This wasn't a scene the Americans were hoping to see again. The setting shifted, yet the world championship results played out eerily similar to the Beijing Olympics.

Today is Wednesday, Aug. 26, the 238th day of 2009. There are 127 days left in the year.

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Try as they might, the Americans just can't seem to get that baton around the track in the 400-meter relay without some sort of misadventure.