(AP) Mabel Landry Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics ...

Alice Hopkins won gold in the long jump at the British Athletics Championships Long jump athlete Alice Hopkins said she was "over the moon" after winning a gold medal at the British Indoor ...

The long jumper set his city record leap of 8.12 metres in 2016, the same year as his “magical” introduction to elite sport, when he finished 17th in Rio as a 21-year-old wild-card competitor.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Tajay Gayle broke the men’s long jump meet record at the 48th Gibson/McCook Relays, winning with a season best 8.34m (-0.3m/s) on Saturday at the National Stadium.

Fred de Long, 55, of West Chester, longtime director of the community farm program for the Willistown Conservation Trust, organic farmer, conservationist, teacher, writer, and mentor, died Tuesday, ...

Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics ...

Tulum Tacos & Tequila is the latest and largest tenant to take space at B2K Development’s mixed-use project in Long Beach. The restaurant leased 5,800 square feet in the 14,700-square-foot ...

Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, died ...

AP Share Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki ...

shot put and discus; and Ora Lee Allen, 18, of Chicago, high jump. (AP Photo/File) Mabel Staton, the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to ...