Photos: Top national sports stories of 2012
Eaton is the World's Greatest Athlete
Credit: Getty Images
Ashton Eaton won the Olympic decathlon gold medal August 9. Eaton set the decathlon world record at the U.S. trials in June and backed it up with an Olympic victory with 8,869 points.
Other Slideshows
Photos: Tornadoes cause devastation in Texas
Photos: Aerial views of Cleburne, TX tornado damage
NOPD brings Mother's Day shooting suspect into custody
Napoleon: N.O.'s best new French Quarter restaurants
Mackie: Top five sources of Vitamin D
2012's highest paid U.S. athletes
