Jackie Joyner Kersee

When Dawn Harper captured the gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles at last summer's Olympics, many considered it a shock. Yet she knew she could pull it off. With odds-on favorite Lolo Jones clipping a late hurdle and losing her balance, Harper glittered in 12.54 seconds, just ahead of Australia's Sally McLellan. "I felt I was always capable if I focused on myself," the champion said in an interview posted on the USA Track & Field Web site after her Beijing triumph. "But for others, yes (it was a surprise)." What's truly surprising is the fact she had undergone arthroscopic knee surgery just months ... Read Full Story

It never fails. There is always some serious drama in the news. The latest comes courtesy of another athlete -- Jackie Joyner Kersee and her husband, Robert. According to Belleville News, the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation, which is financially strapped, managed to pay her husband's private foundation at least $475,000 in consulting fees and his foundation failed to file federal income statements as required by law. Why is it that rich folks (or seemingly rich folks) won't pay their taxes? The Internal Revenue Service will land on you like a ton of bricks if you repeatedly fail to file your tax returns. Get comfy because ... Read Full Story

Jackie Joyner was 14 when she saw Bruce Jenner win the 1976 Olympic gold medal in the decathlon on TV. She now knew what she wanted. "I'm going to try for the Olympic team," she told her brother. So did millions of other kids. But she was determined to make it happen. She'd already competed in the pentathlon, which consists of five events: the 800-meter race, hurdles, shot put, long jump and high jump. Knowing that verbalizing her goal made it that much more real, Joyner shared her dream with her coach, Nino Fennoy, who helped her zero in on that goal. The next ... Read Full Story

  BEIJING (AP) -- First U.S. medalist in event since Joyner-Kersee Hyleas Fountain became the only American other than Jackie Joyner-Kersee to win an Olympic medal in the heptathlon. The 27-year-old former NCAA champion, in her first Olympics, captured the bronze Saturday night. As she crossed the finish line in the 800 meters, the last of the two-day competition's seven events, Fountain crumbled to the track in a combination of exhaustion and emotion, tears of joy streaming down her cheeks. "I'm so excited right now, I don't even have words," she said a short time later. Fountain had 6,619 points, behind the 1-2 Ukrainian ... Read Full Story

Jackie Joyner Kersee, who won a silver medal in the heptathlon in the 1984 Olympics and gold medals in the 1988 and 1992 Games, made a visit to the MVP Fitness Studio on Monday, April 1, 2009. JJK came to MVP for a quick, light workout and pick up a signed copy of my new book entitled Get Fit 4 Christ. What a blessing, Jackie Joyner Kersee, who is one of the greatest female athletes of all time has my autograph. Read Full Story