Herb Douglas, who turned a chance encounter with Jesse Owens as a teenager into fuel to win a bronze medal in the long jump at the 1948 Olympics, has died. He was 101. The University of Pittsburgh, ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — From Jesse Owens ...
BLOOMINGTON — Greg Bell, a gold-medal long jumper at the 1956 Olympic Games and member of the IU Athletics Hall of Fame, died Saturday at his home in Logansport. He was 94. Born in Terre Haute, Bell ...
Texans Tara Davis-Woodhall won gold and Jasmine Moore won bronze for Team USA in the women's long jump at the Paris Olympics on Thursday. Tara Davis-Woodhall's fourth jump was 7.10 meters securing the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Germany's silver medalist Malaika Mihambo celebrates during the medal ceremony Women's Long Jump final of the athletics ...
SOFIA, Bulgaria — Greek long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou was named the Best Balkan Athlete of the Year for 2024 on Friday ahead of Romanian swimmer David Popovici and Serbian NBA star Nikola Jokic. The ...
The Olympics ended over two weeks ago. We’re still hung over from all the athletic competition. But if there’s one thing that can get you excited about Olympic sports again so soon after the London ...
On Tuesday night, viewers watching the Olympics in the United States were treated to the first events of the decathlon. A 10-event series that pits arguably the best athletes in track and field ...