Over the last century, the Olympics have become a global spectacle charged with the drama of international politics, protest, and commercial interest. In his new book, David Maraniss locates the ...

INDIANAPOLIS – A phone rings just north of Downtown Indianapolis, in an old house built in 1869, a home worth quite a bit. Marble here, hardwood there, filigreed copper hinges on doors. You get the ...

In every way it was a wonderful foot race. In at least one way it told more about the 1960 Olympics than any other single event. For nearly three laps, the winner—a hawk-nosed, crane-legged fellow ...

As excitement builds ahead of the Paris Olympics starting on Friday, we remember Africa’s first Black Olympic gold medalist, Abebe Bikila, and his astonishing run at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. In ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy's assassin in 1968, has died. He was 86. Family friend Michael Roth says Johnson ...