On Feb. 25, 1964, 22-year-old Cassius Clay won his first World Boxing Heavyweight Title.

Lindsey Vonn says her left leg almost needed to be amputated after her horrific crash while competing at the Winter Olympics.

The United States is only the second nation and fourth team to sweep hockey gold medals in a single Olympic Games ...

Barry Tompkins is a veteran announcer who is probably best known for boxing but has actually been a local network anchor and covered tennis, college basketball and college football. His Olympic ...

Figure skating icon Dorothy Hamill has been busy rooting on Team USA at the 2026 Olympics in Milan, 50 years after her own gold medal-winning performance.

Mike Tyson has reignited the long-running debate over boxing’s greatest heavyweight, naming Muhammad Ali as the sport’s ...

The defiant words were uttered by Tom Williams of Duluth, Minnesota, in February 1960. Williams not only left Squaw Valley, California, with a gold medal, he would enjoy a 15-season NHL career, plus ...

Clay won the 1960 Olympic gold medal in Rome as a light heavyweight, turned professional immediately, and tore through the heavyweight division. By February 1964, he had a 19-0 record and a title shot ...

Eddie Harty, the Irish jockey, who has died aged 88, won the Grand National in 1969 on Highland Wedding, trained by Toby Balding, and competed in the Irish three-day event team at the 1960 Rome ...

A version of this column first appeared in the Reno Gazette Journal on March 3, 2002. Stories assessing the economic impact of the Olympics and surrounding areas appear following each new edition of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Winter Olympics will take place from 6-22 February (Getty Images) The last Olympic Games, Paris 2024, was memorable as much ...

SAN ANTONIO – While most high school seniors are preparing for Spring Break, prom and crossing the graduation stage, one Southwest High School student is preparing to make his run to join the U.S.