Ethiopia

$37,500 Amount that Patriots nosetackle Vince Wilfork has been fined by the NFL for on-field incidents this season; he was hit with his fourth sanction, $5,000, for unnecessary roughness during the AFC Championship Game.

For this cross-country star, a shot to run in the U.S. nationals could mean a reunion with his long-lost family

Emerging star Kenenisa Bekele, 21, led Ethiopia to a medal sweep in the men's 10,000 meters, outsprinting legendary teammate Haile Gebrselassie, the Olympic and world champ, who finished second. Kenyans failed to win...

A peer recalls the Olympian who spent most of his final years in jail

The scene looked so familiar: A small, birdlike man ran laps around the Olympic track. His chest was thrust forward beneath the green singlet of Ethiopia. His teeth were bared, his eyes wide and alert. He was even...