Fan’s throw on the final stone for China hit the guard, setting up an easy shot into the 4-foot ring for Persinger that put Team USA up 6-3. Trailing by one in the seventh, China again made a mistake ...

The American shot put star has no qualms cutting against the grain. In a sport teeming with strength and vigor, Saunders is no exception, rattling off eye-catching tosses with relative ease.

Joe Kovacs won his third consecutive Olympics silver medal in the shot put Saturday in typically dramatic form. The Penn ...