On Tuesday, Yarden Gerbi won bronze in the women’s 63kg (139 lbs) category — the first medal won by an Israeli woman since Barcelona 1992. After track and field (next week) and swimming (ongoing now), ...

It's time for StoryCorps and a look at an Olympic pioneer in women's judo. It's a sport that wasn't allowed at the Olympics until 1988 when martial arts champion Rusty Kanokogi threatened to sue. She ...

A young woman recently approached Jim Nieto and told him matter-of-factly that she wanted to compete in the Olympics. He wasn't entirely sure how to react. The longtime Santa Monica judo coach didn't ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) -Clint Brizendine, founder of the Bowling Green Judo Club, turns 75 this month after spending 60 years teaching the art of judo in the Bowling Green community. Brizendine, a ...

Dean Markovics has a bad pun for how he and his wife of nearly 14 years met through a mutual love of judo. “Our friends say that my wife and I fell for each other,” Markovics said, with a sheepish ...