When, in Athens on 6 April 1896, the US athlete James Connolly won the triple jump event at the inaugural Olympic Games of the modern era, he became the first Olympic champion in more than 1,500 years ...

It was on this day in 1973 that the death of his son, Alexander, led Aristotle Onassis to his tragic downfall less that two years later.

A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil has sold at auction for over half a million dollars.

Seven competition venues were used at the Olympic Games Athens 1896, five of which remain in use today: Panathenaic Stadium (athletics, artistic gymnastics, weightlifting), Athens Lawn Tennis Club ...

“Currently the full focus must be on the fight against the fires and the protection of the people and property. We have also ...

Gary Hall Jr. lost almost everything that he owned in the ongoing Los Angeles-area fires. “I started feeling the embers ...

When he’s not training, the Olympian and soon-to-be Harvard graduate keeps busy by reading philosophy and bike commuting.

Nataliia Dobrynska won the 2008 Olympic heptathlon title, proudly wearing the Ukrainian leotard and spikes she has generously ...

The history of the marathon's distance is rooted in the very spirit for which the Olympics were created, and an event that ...

Ireland celebrated with Cian O'Connor when he struck gold at the Athens Olympics in 2004, but that was only the start of one ...

Wildfires are raging across Southern California and are causing many residents to face devastating losses, including Olympic champion swimmer Gary Hall Jr. The 10-time Olympic champion, who grew up in ...