Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Allison Smith examines the "distant echoes" of the original Olympic Games and how they compare to the modern global competition. The ...

Kirsty Coventry, the multi-Olympic swimming champion who last year became the first woman to lead the International Olympic ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Four Penn State student-athlete are among the contingent of students traveling to Greece as part of Harvard’s Sport and Education Program: from Ancient Olympia to the Present.

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