One year after he left college early to pursue a career as a professional sprinter, Carlin Isles began to experience doubts about the path he had chosen. He had nearly exhausted his savings. He had ...

TOKYO — Carlin Isles has found his athletic calling. Isles was a track and field and football athlete for a majority of his life. He was an All-American in the 60-meter dash at Ashland University, ...

Certainly not Carlin Isles, the man who could possibly make a less-small portion of America care about Rugby. It’s been barely two months since we (at this site at least) first heard about Carlin ...

CLEVELAND -- Rugby has not been an Olympic sport since the United States won back-to-back gold medals at the 1920 Antwerp and 1924 Paris Summer Games. And Akron’s own Carlin Isles, a former Olympic ...

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MASSILLON, Ohio — Like so many of his fellow Olympic athletes, Carlin Isles is looking forward to getting on the field of play and going for gold in Tokyo later this month. The native of Massillon is ...

Born in Ohio, Carlin Isles began his athletic career in college running track. Having set numerous school records, he was then signed by the Detroit Lions to play professional football. In 2014, Isles ...

The Canton Rugby Club and Olympian Carlin Isles have nine indoor rugby clinics coming to the Hall of Fame Village Center for Performance indoor sports dome. A free session for kids in grades K-12 is ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 13: U.S. Olympian Carlin Isles attends an event on the Citi Terrace of the USA House at Colegio Sao Paulo on August 5, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Joe ...

Carlin Isles has come a long way. The former track and field phenom-turned-U.S. rugby star from Ohio never imagined competing at an Olympic Games. Isles bounced around foster homes before he was ...

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 02: Carlin Isles of the USA is tackled during the 2020 Sydney Sevens Semi Final match between South Africa and USA at Bankwest Stadium on February 02, 2020 in Sydney, ...