PAT GRAHAM
Olympic hopeful Maggie Montoya is shown as she trains with fellow runners at a park on the east side of Boulder, Colo., Friday, April 9, 2021. The Olympic hopeful was working in the pharmacy at the King Soopers supermarket in Colorado on March 22 when 10 people were killed in the mass shooting. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
'Thought that was it': Runner recalls Boulder store shooting

By Pat Graham Apr. 12, 2021 03:02 PM EDT
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Inside a small room where she and four others were hiding

FILE - Stanford's Shane Griffith, right, takes on Pittsburgh's Jake Wentzel during their 165-pound match in the finals of the NCAA wrestling championships in St. Louis, in this Saturday, March 20, 2021, file photo. Shane Griffith recently captured the 165-pound title at the NCAA wrestling championships wearing a black singlet minus the Stanford logo. This was his way -- his entire team’s way -- of making a statement after the school announced in July that wrestling and 10 other sports, most of them that produce athletes for the U.S. Olympic team, would be dropped to save money.(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, Filr)
Olympic gold: 'Keep Stanford Wrestling' aims to save program

By Pat Graham Apr. 08, 2021 06:53 PM EDT
The Stanford logo was missing on Shane Griffith's all-black wrestling singlet

This undated photo provided by Kameron Jones shows Kameron Jones at an American Track League athletics event in Fayetteville, Ark. Kameron Jones' lasting mark on the Clemson track program may not have anything to do with the times he turns in or the medals he brings home. Jones has a gold-medal mindset when it comes to saving the men’s track and field program — along with cross country — from being cut by the school for budgetary reasons. (Kameron Jones via AP)
Olympic gold: Clemson men's track tries to save its program

By Pat Graham Apr. 07, 2021 02:26 PM EDT
Middle-distance runner Kameron Jones' lasting mark on the Clemson track and

FILE - United States' Ted Ligety celebrates at the finish area of an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom, in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, in this Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020, file photo. Two-time Olympic champion Ted Ligety says he will retire from World Cup ski racing after the world championships. Ligety’s final race will be the giant slalom on Feb. 19 in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (AP Photo/Marco Trovati, File)
2-time Olympic champion Ted Ligety to retire after worlds

By Pat Graham Feb. 09, 2021 05:15 AM EST
Ted Ligety’s young son recently brought home a medal he earned at ski school

FILE - United States' Ted Ligety speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup Giant slalom, in Adelboden, Switzerland, in this Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021, file photo. The World Pro Ski Tour starts the season this weekend with a pair of races in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. The person you're competing against could be a national team member, World Cup competitor, college standout, journeyman or even two-time Olympic champion Ted Ligety, who’s been known to make an appearance in the field. (AP Photo/Marco Tacca, File)
From Kidd to Ligety, unique World Pro Ski Tour carries on

By Pat Graham Feb. 05, 2021 02:56 AM EST
Most afternoons, Billy Kidd can be found gliding along the “Heavenly Daze” ski

FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2020 file photo, X Games rookie Colby Stevenson pauses before getting the Best in Snow award in Aspen, Colo. Nearly four years after Stevenson suffered a fractured skull he was on top of the freestyle world at the Winter X Games, winning slopestyle and the Knuckle Huck event last winter. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times via AP, File)
Freestyle skier takes time to reflect each May 8 after crash

By Pat Graham Jan. 31, 2021 03:39 PM EST
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Every May 8 for the last four years — and, he vows, every

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 1936, file photo, America's Jesse Owens, center, salutes during the presentation of his gold medal for the long jump, after defeating Nazi Germany's Lutz Long, right, during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Naoto Tajima of Japan, left, placed third. The performance of Jesse Owens will be honored in the stadium where he won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games when the world championships are held in Berlin this month. (AP Photo/File)
Fast friends: Unlikely ally aids Owens at '36 Berlin Games

By Pat Graham Jul. 31, 2020 01:11 PM EDT
Jesse Owens attempted to block everything out — from the chants of the German

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 1936, file photo, American sprint star Jesse Owens is shown in action during one of the heats of the 200-meter run in Berlin. He won the final with a new Olympic record of 20.7 seconds. (AP Photo/File)
Black Americans star in front of Hitler at Berlin Olympics

By Pat Graham Jul. 31, 2020 10:56 AM EDT
The name of sprinter Mack Robinson may not be as well-known as Jesse Owens, the

FILE - This Feb. 6, 2014, file photo shows Bode Miller during the U.S. ski team's news conference at the Gorki media center at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Olympic ski racing champion Bode Miller is launching a winter sports academy to help produce the next wave of standouts on the snow. Miller’s partnering with the Institute for Civic Leadership Academy to open an online learning program geared toward students in grades 7-12. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
World class: Bode Miller launches winter sports academy

By Pat Graham Jul. 16, 2020 02:27 AM EDT
Bode Miller's go-for-broke, risk-taking style on the slopes put him in a class

USA Olympic modern pentathlon team members Amro ElGeziry and his wife, Isabella Isaksen run along a trail in Colorado Springs, Colo., Friday, April 24, 2020. He’s a unit supply specialist in the U.S. Army. She’s a multiple launch rocket systems crew member. They met through the modern pentathlon. They constantly train together for the modern pentathlon. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Modern love: Pentathlon couple balances training, military

By Pat Graham May. 04, 2020 04:01 PM EDT
He’s a unit supply specialist in the U.S. Army. She’s a multiple launch rocket

U. S. Olympic Team archer Brady Ellison has a grouping of arrows on a target as he practices on his range Thursday, April 30, 2020, in Miami, Ariz. In between remodeling his archery workshop and raising piglets, Brady Ellison shoots 100 arrows a day on his custom-built range. That's not high volume for him, but he's scaled way back with the coronavirus pandemic postponing the Tokyo Games until next summer and his season on hold. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Shooting star: Archer aims at Tokyo gold with arm pain gone

By Pat Graham May. 01, 2020 04:47 PM EDT
In between remodeling his archery workshop and raising piglets, Brady Ellison

Olympic pole vaulting silver medalist Sandi Morris works on vaulting pit she is building with her father, Harry Morris, left, in Greenville, S.C., Tuesday, April 4, 2020. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Project runway: Olympian Morris builds own pole vault setup

By Pat Graham Apr. 17, 2020 02:02 AM EDT
Sandi Morris set the bar high with her latest do-it-yourself project.