Olympics

Yes, Serena Williams can return and dominate postpregnancy

It’s not a thing. Many sports stars didn’t skip a beat after giving birth

Kai Lightner, 17, aims to be the best rock climber in the country

One of the few blacks at the top of the sport, he’s shooting for the Tokyo Olympics

About those women: Florence Griffith Joyner and Cicely Tyson blazed trails we’re still walking

The first was a track and field phenom and fashion icon while Tyson remains a first lady of film and TV

Simone Manuel, Stanford swim team win first championship title in 19 years

The 20-year-old continues to make waves and break records

Two for Tuesday: Track star Jackie Joyner-Kersee and aviator Bessie Coleman were trailblazing icons in their fields

These black women were superinfluential, but you may not find them outside of a history book

An Undefeated history: How Mal Whitfield excelled as an Olympian and a Tuskegee airman

Learn more about the trailblazer who gained notoriety in the military and in sports

The Clubhouse: Carmelo Anthony takes a stand

A look back at summer 2016, when Melo decided to challenge himself and fellow athletes to speak up about police brutality

Redskins star Vernon Davis: U.S. Curling’s honorary captain

The tight end loves the sport of curling ‘because it’s just you and the stone and the broom’

7 athletes who made us proud in 2016

As the year ends, check out these moments that we’ll remember with joy