Three-time Olympic gold medalist Gabby Thomas got engaged to now-fiancé Spencer McManes as she gears up for her jam-packed ...

Born George Edward Foreman on 10 January 1949 in Marshall, Texas, his amateur boxing career peaked at the 1968 Olympic games ...

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Altogether, Andrade has nine world medals and ... final wearing a bright yellow leotard, a near-perfect match to the color of the diamond at the center of the Brazilian flag.

Edwards invoked Eroseanna "Rose" Robinson, a high jumper who, incensed by Jim Crow, refused to stand for the national anthem ...

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his amateur boxing career peaked at the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City, where he won a gold medal and famously waved a small US flag after his win. [Bettmann via Getty Images] In his ...