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Teen Sailor Wants Another Round-the-World Bid

(June 30) -- Abby Sunderland, the California teen who tried to become the youngest person to sail solo around the globe, says she would make another attempt despite the huge waves that broke her mast and stranded her in the Indian Ocean, where she feared she would never be found. Abby, who returned to California on Monday...

Worst Sports Father of the Year: Laurence Sunderland

As Father's Day nears, there may be worse fathers than Laurence Sunderland, the father of 16-year-old world sailing failure, Abby, but I haven't seen one so far this year. Even Tiger Woods, taking a break from sex rehab while writing his child support checks, is aghast over Sunderland's poor parenting decisions. Think...

Opinion: Reality Show Talk Tarnishes Sunderland's Achievement

(June 15) -- There's a mountain bike race in Leadville, Colo., the nation's highest incorporated town. It's 100 miles of nonstop pain, starting at 10,000 feet above sea level and finishing, unbelievably, 3,000 feet higher. And what do the brave souls who compete in the Leadville 100 get for completing this epic feat of...

Teen Sailor's Father Inked Reality Show Deal

(June 14) -- Laurence Sunderland has been stung with criticism for allowing his 16-year-old daughter, Abby, to set sail alone in her quest to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe -- a failed effort that left her stranded in dangerous 30-foot waves. Now as she heads home, word comes that Laurence...

Teen Solo Sailor's Parents Face Sea of Criticism

LOS ANGELES (June 11) - What were her parents thinking? Many people were asking that question as a 16-year-old girl sat adrift and alone in the frigid southern Indian Ocean, her ship's mast dashed along with her around-the-world sailing effort. Abby Sunderland's ship was rolling in 20- to 30-foot waves as she waited to be...