Mark Spitz, considered the swiftest swimmer of all time, made his big splash during the 1972 Olympics, becoming the first athlete to win seven gold medals in an Olympiad. His performances were ...

Peter Sarsgaard stars as TV sports producer Roone Arledge in this recount of how ABC covered the 1972 terrorist crisis.

Tim Fehlbaum directs this suspenseful step-by-step look at how the network’s sports crew brought the Black September hostage crisis to viewers.

Leon Marchand won four individual gold medals at the Paris Olympics, becoming only the third man to do so in one Games after Mark Spitz and Michael Phelps (twice). In each of his events ...

Before there was Michael Phelps or Mark Spitz winning Olympic gold medals for the United States — there was Tarzan. Yes Tarzan, the fictional literary and film character who was raised by apes ...

Phelps's total of eight golds in Beijing put him one ahead of compatriot Mark Spitz's previous tally set ... of luck involving in winning his eight medals. "I guess eight is a lucky number for ...