Alice Coachman became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold. But despite being a celebrity when she returned to the United States, meeting with the president and appearing in parades around ...

“It is a signal that we are truly global,” the Zimbabwe sports minister and two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist said. Hers was a stunning first-round win in the seven-candidate contest after ...

Dominique Dawes, the Maryland native who became the first Black American gymnast to win an individual medal in the Olympics, is headed to Baltimore for a women’s festival next weekend.

"It is a signal that we are truly global," the Zimbabwe sports minister and two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist said. Hers was a stunning first-round win in the seven-candidate contest after ...

Steffen Peters, who also hails from Germany, became the oldest U.S. Olympic medalist at age 56 and was joined by his World Equestrian Games silver medal teammate Adrienne Lyle. German Julia Krajewski ...

Canada's Liam Brearley won his first career world championship medal with gold in snowboard slopestyle, leaving Beijing Olympic silver medalist Su Yiming of China to settle for second place once ...

Celtics pioneering forward Don Barksdale was born today in 1923, and 25 years later, the franchise would win its first-ever ...