Natalie Coughlin, who won five medals at the Athens Olympics, withdrew from next week's world short course swimming championships because of a training injury. Coughlin has a stress fracture in her ...

From the terrace of her high rise condo in Emeryville, Natalie Coughlin can gaze across the bay at Coit Tower. From another vantage point she can take in the sweep of the Oakland Hills. What she can't ...