A bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team.
1988 — American heptathlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee sets new world record 7,291 points to win the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics; East Germans Sabine John & Anke Behmer take the minor medals.
Days before the Paris Olympics, Eric Porter was packing four bags with 25 pairs of basketball shoes and a simple goal: to take his footwear business, Stria, to the next level.
French authorities foiled three plots to attack the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris and other cities that hosted the summer events, the national counterterrorism prosecutor said on Wednesday.
A man accused of dousing gasoline on an Ugandan Olympic athlete, causing her death days later, has succumbed to burns sustained in the attack, according to the Kenyan hospital where he was treated.
She was one of the flag bearers for the opening and closing ceremonies and continues to use her exposure at the Olympics to promote a message of peace.
Late Chicago Blackhawks founder Frederic McLaughlin is part of the 2024 class for the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. The enshrinement ceremony is Dec. 4.
For Australian breaker Rachael Gunn, first came her polarizing performance at the Olympics, followed by her panic when she was chased through the streets of Paris.
Last month, we went mad for chocolate muffins from the Olympics. Here’s a whole grain and gluten-free version you can make at home.
A Ugandan athlete living in Kenya was attacked and set on fire by her boyfriend and is receiving treatment for burns on 75% of her body, police said.