Bend’s Paul Hait reflects on challenges before winning 1960 Olympic gold
Making the Olympics is hard enough and winning a gold medal is even…
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Decorated runner from Sisters talks about career, new Caldera HS coaching role
Charlotte Richardson did just about everything over the course of her career as a professional runner. The New England native, now a Sisters…
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Surfing legend, Bend resident Gerry Lopez weighs in on surfing’s arrival as Olympic sport
Back in 1912, Duke Kahanamoku, the father of surfing, petitioned the IOC to allow surfing in the Olympics. 109 years later, surfing debuted in the…
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Bend’s Jessica Mendoza reflects on Olympic gold before U.S. women’s softball final in Tokyo
Bend resident Jessica Mendoza has baseball in her blood.…
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Bend man’s life on 2 wheels: From junior national champion to sports’ biggest stage
For more than half of his life, Adam Craig has done three things: eat, sleep and ride mountain bikes.…
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