Former University of Kentucky track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s name appeared on 106 of 138 ballots cast for the 2024 Lexington Herald-Leader Kentucky Sports Figure of the Year Award.

So it is fitting that the former Kentucky Wildcats hurdler’s victory in the 2024 Lexington Herald-Leader Kentucky Sports Figure of the Year voting came in unprecedented fashion. After setting a ...

The sports world is once again in mourning after the deaths of several U.S. figure skaters, coaches and family members in a collision Wednesday night between a military helicopter and a commercial ...

Our newsletter and stories will teach you the history of Houston sports. We’ve compiled our list of the 50 most influential figures, and as we roll out our list throughout the year, we will ask ...

The sports world reacted with shock and sadness to the news that 67 people — including several prominent figure skaters, coaches, and their families — died when an airplane collided with a ...

Dick Button, the legendary figure skater who became the first American to win Olympic gold in the sport, died Thursday at age 95 of natural causes in North Salem, New York, according to U.S. Figure ...

The exact number of victims with figure skating ties is still unknown, but the entire sport was already grieving a loss that had echoes to the 1961 plane crash that killed the U.S. figure skating ...

“No other figure skater embodies the sport as much as Dick Button," Tara Lipinski, the 1998 Olympic women's figure skating champion, said in 2015. “He is, and always will be, the godfather of ...

Dick Button, who brought figure skating to American audiences as the first U.S. skater to win an Olympic gold medal and then as a longtime commentator, died Thursday at his home in North Salem ...