This short captures the rare moment of two athletes pole vaulting side by side with flawless timing. A display of balance, power, and coordination in action.

The Dutch sport of "fierljeppen" sees athletes hoist themselves up and over canals on slender carbon poles in the Netherlands ...

An extreme stunt combines pole vaulting with the raw height of a cliff, sending athletes soaring into the air before plunging into open space, blending precision, strength, and courage in a ...

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CHORZOW, Poland (AP) — Maybe only a track and field superstar like Mondo Duplantis could get away with such a mischievous question to Olympic 100-meter champion Noah Lyles. The pole vault world record ...

China Spring ISD will recognize a six-pack of its greatest athletes and coaches with induction to the China Spring Athletic Hall of Fame on Sept. 19, before the Cougars’ homecoming game with the ...

Allison Stokke is the wife of wildly popular PGA Tour star Rickie Fowler, who also has a decorated athletic career of her own. The two married in 2019 and have two daughters. Here’s what you need to ...

The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. Marcus Traxler, The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. Aug. 19—VERMILLION, S.D. — The University of South Dakota has announced a $20 million gift commitment from T.

At least once a month since it opened last year, a visitor to the Blacklick Woods Canopy Walk in Reynoldsburg has injured themselves sliding down the second-floor firefighter's pole. It's not an ...

Ralph Crandall, 89, slipped peacefully from this world on August 27. Ralph was a man of presence—you knew he was in a room by his physical stature, his movie star good looks, his style, his affable ...

A lack of funding for mental health services in Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan’s 2025 proposed state budget disappoints Minnesota’s mental health advocacy organizations. Walz and Flanagan’s ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...