Updated Aug 5, 2012 6:00 PM ET LONDON Somehow, the more you talk to Reese Hoffa , the more you want good things to happen to him. He is a societal success story, and a personal one, or something. At least
Dominique Dawes investigates how Olympic shot putter Reese Hoffa went from unwanted child to Olympic hopeful.
2011 2:14 PM ET ATHENS, Georgia Reese Hoffa was 21 years old, sitting at a ..... that day more than a decade ago, Reese Hoffa was just a burly shot putter at ..... four years old, the first thing Reese Hoffa blurted out was this: Hoffa
Reese Hoffa tells Laura Okmin of his Olympic experience.
Germany Silver: Gerd Kanter, Estonia Bronze: Zoltan Kovago, Hungary Shot Put Gold: David Storl, Germany Silver: Reese Hoffa , United States Bronze: Ryan Whiting, United States Hammer Gold: Krisztian Pars, Hungary Silver: Aleksey Zagorniy
Germany Silver: Gerd Kanter, Estonia Bronze: Zoltan Kovago, Hungary Shot Put Gold: David Storl , Germany Silver: Reese Hoffa , United States Bronze: Ryan Whiting, United States Hammer Gold: Krisztian Pars, Hungary Silver: Aleksey Zagorniy
Updated Jun 25, 2012 9:51 PM ET EUGENE, Ore. (AP) Reese Hoffa won the men's shot put at the U.S. track trials with a mark of 72 feet, 2 1/4 inches to earn a spot on the Olympic team
to the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, next weekend. The field includes some of the world's best, including two-time Olympic silver medalist Adam Nelson and former world champions Christian Cantwell and Reese Hoffa . -- Sean Jensen