CARL LEWIS AND JACKIE JOYNER-KERSEE IMAGES ON WHEATIES CERERAL BOXES
Track and Field legends Carl Lewis and Jackie Joyner-Kersee pose at a New York press conference on June 23, 2004 anouncing that their images will adorn Wheaties cereral boxes. (UPI Photo/Ezio Petersen)
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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- An attorney for Carl Lewis said Tuesday the fact the Olympic star voted in California in 2009 should not disqualify him from running for office in New Jersey.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Lawyers for Olympic track star Carl Lewis asked a federal appeals court Tuesday to order him on the ballot for the New Jersey state Senate in November.
NEWARK, N.J., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- A federal judge upheld the decision to bar former track star Carl Lewis from the New Jersey state Senate ballot, saying he did not meet residency requirements.
TRENTON, N.J., Aug. 17 (UPI) -- A top state official says Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis may not run for a New Jersey state Senate seat because he does not meet residency requirements.
PHILADELPHIA, May 4 (UPI) -- Olympic track star Carl Lewis ran a legal obstacle course Wednesday as he tried to get on the ballot as a state senate candidate in New Jersey.
TRENTON, N.J., April 27 (UPI) -- Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis is not eligible to run for state Senate in New Jersey, the lieutenant governor ruled Tuesday.
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J., April 11 (UPI) -- Carl Lewis, who made his name in sports by winning nine Olympic gold medals in track and field events, announced his entry in a New Jersey senate race Monday.
MEDFORD, N.J., April 9 (UPI) -- New Jersey politicians say they want Olympic track legend Carl Lewis to enter a different kind of race and run for the state Senate.
BEIJING, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the Olympic gold medal Wednesday in the 200-meter dash.
BEIJING, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Michael Phelps equaled the career Olympic gold medal record Tuesday by winning the 200-meter freestyle in world record time in Beijing.
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