The last time the United States hosted the Summer Olympics was in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996, producing a cavalcade of stars and a spectacle to match. From the opening ceremonies to the Parade of ...

but Kerri Strug went into the 1996 Summer Olympics in the shadows. “You’ll never see Kerri on a Wheaties box,” her coach, Béla Kérolyi, told the Houston Chronicle in July 1996.

During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia three pipe bombs exploded killing two people and injuring 111 on July 27th.. Those killed were a woman named Alice Hawthorne who died shortly ...

Diamond League CEO Petr Stastny is welcoming competition from Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson's new Grand Slam Track series, but issued a warning over looming 2025 calendar clashes that ...

USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland, in a statement, also said “This year, the 25th anniversary of the 1996 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, is a time for celebration and appreciation to the great ...

A look at Olympians who made successful switches into mixed martial arts, including Daniel Cormier, Ronda Rousey, and Henry ...

the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, died Thursday.