Shot put legends Ryan Crouser and Joe Kovacs took first and second, respectively, at the U.S. Olympic track and field trials Saturday night. Crouser topped his American rival Kovacs with a distance of ...

PARIS (WCMH) — With a clutch throw in his final attempt, Joe Kovacs went from off the podium to a third consecutive silver in the Olympic men’s shot put. The Powell, Ohio resident was fourth heading ...

Vashti Cunningham, Joe Kovacs, Valarie Allman, Curtis Thompson, and Sam Mattis will leave everything at the Stade de France over the next few days for a chance at Olympic gold. The five athletes are ...

SAINT-DENIS, France — Nap time has turned into prime shot-put time around the Kovacs household. Joe and Ashley Kovacs built a ring on the side of their house in Dublin, Ohio, and take full advantage ...

Joe Kovacs at the Wanda Diamond League Final Meeting in Zurich. Photo Credit: Joerg Oegerli, Mitchell Media Joe Kovacs at the Wanda Diamond League Final Meeting in Zurich. Photo Credit: Joerg Oegerli, ...

Lehigh Valley native Joe Kovacs won his third Olympic silver medal in the men’s shot put at the Paris Games on Saturday. In a replay of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, the Bethlehem Catholic and Penn ...

SAINT-DENIS, France — There was no decision for Joe Kovacs to make. Three straight athletes throwing in front of him at the Olympic men’s shot put final Saturday had slipped and fallen — the logical ...

Joe Kovacs made a huge mistake after winning his first Olympic medal, a silver in men’s shot put in 2016. After earning the medal, Kovacs was given a wooden case to store it for safekeeping. The wood, ...

It took everything Joe Kovacs had to win his third Olympic silver medal. With his wife coaching him on, and his twin toddlers providing inspiration, the Penn State grad uncorked a last-chance finals ...

Joe Kovacs, the two-time world shot-put champion and 2011 Penn State graduate, is headed to his third Olympics, where he likely will duel yet again with fellow American Ryan Crouser. Kovacs finished ...