victory lap

As Joan Benoit Samuelson took her victory lap at the Los Angeles Olympics, her mother just had to ask: "Now, can you quit?" The answer remains a resounding no 26 years later.

After all the training, the expectations, the prognostications and the questions about her shin - not to mention a historic, emotional Olympic gold medal win - doesn't Lindsey Vonn deserve a powder day?

She got one Thursday, her first day of free-skiing in at least a decade.

How 'bout that! Putting on a show when he didn't even have to, Shaun White capped his gold-medal night on the halfpipe with his signature trick Wednesday -- the dangerous, spiraling Double McTwist 1260 during a victory lap that will go down as nothing short of epic.

After Florida's 37-10 drubbing of Florida St., Tim Tebow earned a victory lap -- just don't hand him the Heisman, writes Andy Staples.

Sam Bradford jumped around as he took a victory lap at Owen Field, handing out high-fives along the way to a line of adoring fans who had yet another reason to love him.