See About archive blog posts. Alicia Sacramone, who retired after the 2008 Olympics when her fall on the balance beam left her in tears and the U.S. unable to overcome the Chinese team for the ...

Alicia Sacramone already had retired once after the Beijing Olympics and had made two comebacks. “This time’s for real, though,’’ insisted the Winchester gymnast, who’ll make a formal ...

BEIJING - She buried her face in her hands, fighting back tears. Alicia Sacramone had always been the mother of this team, the one doling out advice, but this time she needed help. She had just ...

But the U.S. squad might not be the reigning world champion and strong contender for Olympic gold if not for the spirit of feisty Alicia Sacramone. At 21, she’s the oldest on the team.

(Reuters) – Alicia Sacramone, one of the United States’ most decorated gymnasts with an American record 10 world championship medals, announced her retirement on Tuesday. For nearly a decade ...

BEIJING – Gymnastics is the ultimate heart-wrencher, and nobody here has had her left and right ventricles perform reverse twists quite like Alicia Sacramone. It was agonizing enough when ...

CHICAGO – Olympic silver medal in hand, Alicia Sacramone left the gym after Beijing with no intention of coming back. Her body was beat up and, at 20, she was ready for a life that wasn’t ...

Alicia Sacramone is making a statement at the U.S. Olympic Gymnastic Trials that she needs to be a part of the team that heads to London. This is a position that few thought she would ever be in ...

Alicia Sacramone has made more than a few headlines of late. She starred in the ESPN Body Issue and was ready to compete in World Championships in Tokyo with the rest of the American team.

Gymnast Alicia Sacramone, who won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing but failed to make the London Olympics team, says she once used her medal to get into a bar. Sacramone joined ...

(Reuters) – At first glance Alicia Sacramone, America’s most decorated gymnast, looks a picture of perfection posing with her back arched and muscles taut in Magazine’s Body Issue.