The Paris 2024 Olympic Games served as a powerful celebration of judo's enduring legacy, a sport that has evolved from its origins in Japan to become a global phenomenon. First introduced at the ...

Had the United States gone to Moscow, he would have been a favorite to join Frank Shorter (1972), John Hayes (1908) and Thomas Hicks (1904) as the only U.S. men to win the Olympic marathon ...

Jimmy Carter would later call it “one of my most difficult decisions” as president, but for others, it was much more. “He stole my life,” Gene Mills said. “That was my life. He took it ...

The Soviets and 13 other countries, mostly from the Eastern Bloc, boycotted the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 in retaliation for what the Americans had done to Moscow four years earlier.

A few hours after Mondale’s speech, the USOC agreed to Carter’s demand and said it would not send a team to Moscow. While athletes were hailed as patriots and praised for their sacrifice, that was ...