It’s almost time for the Summer Olympics to take over the sports world, as it does every four years. The opening ceremonies are July 26 in Paris. And so for the first time in the three seasons of ...

Before Cullen Jones became a four-time Olympic medalist and the first African-American swimmer to be a world-record holder as part of the unforgettable 2008 4x100-meter freestyle relay, he nearly died ...

BEIJING - Chasing history and buoyed by some trash talk, Cullen Jones helped the men's 400 freestyle relay team break the world record today to set up a much-anticipated showdown with France in ...

Pointing toward the Olympics: SwimMAC Carolina Team Elite swimmer Cullen Jones strikes a pose on June 20, 2016. Jones, a four-time Olympic medalist and former N.C. State star, will try to make his ...

Pointing toward the Olympics: SwimMAC Carolina Team Elite swimmer Cullen Jones strikes a pose on June 20, 2016. Jeff Siner jsiner@charlotteobserver.com Before Cullen Jones became a four-time Olympic ...