Dorothy Hyman, Wilma Rudolph and Giuseppina Leone shake hands while standing on the podium at the 1960 Olympics. U.S. swimmer ...

The Milan-Cortina Olympics begin this week, and it's shaping up to be a very exciting two weeks of sports. If you're curious ...

Carlo Ratti, the designer of this year’s torch, explains what his torch says about this moment in time. An Olympic torch is a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortly after Jesse Owens returned home from his snubbing by Adolph Hitler at the 1936 Olympics, he and America’s 17 other black Olympians found a less-than-welcoming reception from ...

While, of course, nothing can approach the horror of the terrorist murders at the 1972 Olympics, it is now the 75th anniversary of what were surely the most fascinating and historically influential ...

From the Games’ Greek origins to their first foray into Asia, the Olympics are known for bringing nations from all around the ...