Bruce Jenner shattered the world record to win the decathlon gold medal at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. A buff heartthrob of America’s disco era, Jenner…
One of the greatest distance swimmers in history turns 46 today. Janet Evans is a true legend. A three-time Olympian, she won four golds and…
Rafer Johnson is a ground-breaker. An extraordinary athlete and consummate gentleman, Johnson set three world records in track and field’s most demanding sport – the decathlon. …
“The Olympics can no more run a deficit than a man can have a baby” — former Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau, after his city was…
Billy Mills is the only American runner ever to win a gold medal in the Olympic 10K. The 1964 Tokyo Olympics featured some of the…
Wilma Rudolph is the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games. The daughter of a railway porter father and…
Peter Norman is the greatest Australian sprinter in history. He is also a silent hero. In October 1968, Norman won the Olympic silver medal in…
Natalie Coughlin is the only female U.S. Olympian to win six medals at one Olympic Games. One of the greatest swimmers the United States has…
Happy 46th birthday to the first American woman to win the World Cup downhill title. Picabo [PEE-kuh-boo] Street had the ego, drive and resolve that made…
Bill Johnson is the first American male to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing. In January 1984, 23-year-old Bill Johnson burst onto the…