WILL GRAVES
FILE - John Roethlisberger, of Falcon Heights, Minn., hugs his dad Fred after his final event in the men's 2000 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials in Boston, in this Saturday, Aug. 19, 2000, file photo. Roethlisberger was chosen for the U.S. Olympic team. The cutback in NCAA athletic programs due to the COVID-19 pandemic is being felt acutely in men's gymnastics. For decades Division I programs have produced an overwhelming majority of the US Olympic team. The number of Division I programs, however, is shrinking. The University of Minnesota and the University of Iowa will stop offering it as a scholarship sport at the end of the month. That will drop the number of Division I schools to 11. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Olympic Gold: Men's gymnastics struggling to survive

By Will Graves Apr. 09, 2021 12:04 PM EDT
The death of a 117-year-old program, one that captured championships and

Michael Moran performs in the floor exercise during the Winter Cup gymnastics competition, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
US men's gymnastics eyes momentum after promising Winter Cup

By Will Graves Feb. 28, 2021 09:33 PM EST
Brett McClure wanted to lower the temperature. So the high-performance director

Laurie Hernandez performs in the floor exercise during the Winter Cup gymnastics competition, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Olympic gymnast Hernandez enjoys solid return at Winter Cup

By Will Graves Feb. 27, 2021 05:03 PM EST
The nerves were there. They were unavoidable, really. Yet rather than greet

Chellsie Memmel works out Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in New Berlin, Wis. Memmel, the 2005 gymnastics world champion and an Olympic silver medalist, is attempting to return to competition following a nearly decade-long break. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Chellsie's Chase; Olympian Memmel's comeback turning serious

By Will Graves Feb. 23, 2021 01:13 PM EST
Chellsie Memmel wants to emphasize something. This is not about ego nor

UCLA Bruins gymnast Nia Dennis competes in the floor exercise against BYU during a gymnastics meet in Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)
Viral and vital, college gymnasts finding their voice

By Will Graves Feb. 12, 2021 06:47 PM EST
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Samantha Snider remembers the rules — be they real or implied

FILE - In this June 5, 1983, file photo, Dianne Durham, right, of Gary, Ind., gives autographs after winning the women's title at the McDonald's U.S.A. Gymnastic Championships at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Durham, the first Black woman to win a USA Gymnastics national championship, died on Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, She was 52. (AP Photo/Lisa Genesen, File)
Durham, first Black US women's gymnastics champion, dies

By Will Graves Feb. 04, 2021 06:18 PM EST
Dianne Durham, the first Black woman to win a USA Gymnastics national

FILE - In this July 26, 1952, file photo, Bob Mathias, defending Olympic decathlon champion, heaves the discus during the decathlon competition at the Summer Olympic games in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/File)
1952 Helsinki: The Cold War comes to the Olympics

By Will Graves Aug. 02, 2020 12:18 PM EDT
The United States and the Soviet Union formed an uneasy pact to help turn back