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. …
Terry Fox was one of the most determined athletes to ever live. Terrance Stanley Fox was the second of Roland and Betty’s four children. Born…
The Penn Relays is the oldest and largest track and field competition in the United States. Hosted annually by the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia’s…
The Marion Jones story is one of the saddest sagas in sports history. The fastest woman on the planet for more than a decade, Jones…
Edwin Moses was the most unbeatable athlete in the history of track and field. Moses won three Olympic medals, two world championships, three world cups,…
Robert Eugene Richards is the only man to win two Olympic gold medals in the pole vault. A versatile athlete, Richards made three U.S. Olympic…
Steeplechase is the coolest Olympic event you’ve never heard of. The duck-billed platypus of track and field, steeplechase combines distance running, hurdling, and long jumping—with…
The University of Oregon has the most dominant program in the history of college track and field. The Oregon Ducks track and field program competes…
One of the greatest milers in American history also holds the world record for the fastest round of golf ever played. Steve Scott was born…