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Stadiums are where history is made – sites of protest and celebration, shared experiences. Now, new formats are emerging: with rooftop gardens, cafes, timber work, walkways.
Edwards invoked Eroseanna "Rose" Robinson, a high jumper who, incensed by Jim Crow, refused to stand for the national anthem ...
FILE - Candidate to the presidency of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sebastian Coe speaks during a press conference following a presentation before their fellow IOC members in Lausanne, ...
David Burghley ran at the 1924 Paris Olympics and was portrayed in the Oscar-winning movie of the games, Chariots of Fire, and in 1968 he presented medals to Tommie Smith and John Carlos seconds ...
When former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali tried to intimidate reigning champ George Foreman at the start of their ...
COSTA NAVARINO, Greece (AP) — Only one Englishman who had a great Olympic career ever stood for the IOC presidency before Sebastian Coe, and Coe will try to win that job Thursday. The previous ...
The sport of boxing, more than any other athletic pursuit, has transformed men who at one point of their lives were seemingly incorrigible.
Former heavyweight champion George Foreman, who lost to Muhammad Ali in boxing’s iconic 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” before ...
There, in the Games famous for Black power protest salutes by track stars Tommie Smith and John Carlos from the medal stand, Foreman bloodied Lithuanian Jonas Cepulis, fighting for the Soviet Union, ...
As he celebrated his final victory, 10 days after fellow African Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos had made a black ...
As he celebrated his final victory, 10 days after fellow African Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos had made a black power salute following the 200m track final, Foreman waved an American flag in ...