The 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome were fraught with change and significance. It was a time of racial struggle in the United States. The Cold War between the USSR and the United States was heating up.

Over the last century, the Olympics have become a global spectacle charged with the drama of international politics, protest, and commercial interest. In his new book, David Maraniss locates the ...

In every way it was a wonderful foot race. In at least one way it told more about the 1960 Olympics than any other single event. For nearly three laps, the winner—a hawk-nosed, crane-legged fellow ...

INDIANAPOLIS – A phone rings just north of Downtown Indianapolis, in an old house built in 1869, a home worth quite a bit. Marble here, hardwood there, filigreed copper hinges on doors. You get the ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy's assassin in 1968, has died. He was 86. Family friend Michael Roth says Johnson ...

In March 1896, near the small village of Adoua in Tigray (Ethiopia), troops from the Italian kingdom led by Colonel Oreste Baratieri clashed with the Ethiopian soldiers of Emperor Menelik II. The ...

"Changed the Game" is a Yahoo Sports series dedicated to the women who are often overlooked, under-appreciated or simply deserve more flowers for their contributions to women's sports history. Wilma ...