Women's health
FILE - Allyson Felix of the United States reacts after winning the gold medal in the final of the Women's 200m during the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. Felix, retiring after the 2022 world championships in Eugene, Oregon, is looking forward to a much slower pace. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Allyson Felix reflects on footprints she's leaving on track

By Pat Graham Jul. 14, 2022 02:26 PM EDT

Lora Webster with the U.S. women's sitting volleyball team, tries to block the ball during a practice in Edmond, Okla., on July 24, 2021. She's five months pregnant and expecting her fourth child. This is the second Paralympics in which she's been pregnant, and the third time during a competition. She and her American teammates face Brazil on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in the semifinals as Webster tries for her fifth Paralympic medal. (Bryan Terry/The Oklahoman via AP)
American Lora Webster: 5 months pregnant and after 5th medal

By Stephen Wade Sep. 02, 2021 03:42 AM EDT

Canadian boxer Bujold wins appeal to compete at Tokyo Games

Jun. 30, 2021 05:12 PM EDT
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold looks forward to the day when she can tell her daughter that she got in the Olympic ring with sport's highest court ...

FILE - Canada guard Kim Gaucher pulls down a rebound during the first half of a women's basketball game against the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, file photo. Canadian basketball player Kim Gaucher, who is breastfeeding her infant daughter, has won in her quest to bring the baby to the Tokyo Olympics. The International Olympic Committee says nursing mothers will now be allowed to bring their babies to Tokyo. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
Breastfeeding Olympians allowed to bring babies to Tokyo

Jun. 30, 2021 12:22 PM EDT

A billboard shows a COVID-19 Awareness number near the West Virginia State Fairgrounds in Fairlea, W.Va., Monday, March 23, 2020. (Jenny Harnish/The Register-Herald via AP)
Morrisey: Order to reduce abortions, be upheld in court

By Anthony Izaguirre Apr. 02, 2020 05:38 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2017, file photo, United States' Allyson Felix speaks during a press conference of the U.S. team prior to the World Athletics Championships in London. Early in her career, Allyson Felix would shy away from speaking on controversial subjects. The nine-time Olympic medalist stayed in her lane. Not anymore. Not since the birth of her daughter, Camryn. Felix wants her legacy to be improving maternity rights for athletes over her times and gold medals. "I feel like I'm right where I'm supposed to be," Felix said. "I feel stronger than ever, just with everything I've been through.”(AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Allyson Felix finds voice, new legacy through motherhood

By Pat Graham Mar. 12, 2020 07:14 AM EDT