Athletes and spectators were lured to Olympia by a longing for contact with their compatriots and their gods.
The US boat has come in silver in the last two national championships. Can this team finally win it all?
Youth sports around the globe are taking concussion risks seriously. But some take it more seriously than others.
With all the attention being lavished on Rio, the city's poor have been largely left on the sideline. But one organization is hoping to give them a bit of a leg up while the city is in the spotlight.
Bronze medal-winning fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad has drawn attention with her choice to wear a hijab in Olympic competition. But she's not the first, by far. It's an issue being faced by women at the highest level of sports around the world all the time.
Jamaican Sprinter Usain Bolt won his third straight gold medal.on Sunday in the 100-meter sprint. Not long after he took his victory lap, NBC announcer Bob Costas said, "With apologies to all you reggae fans, I think that Bolt has even outdistanced Marley."
Baseball used to be THE sport of Puerto Rico. Not so any more. But new baseball academies are popping up to re-elevate the game.
Pat Summitt's litany of records on the basketball court likely will never be broken. But she's remembered as much for the paths she blazed as for her impressive record.
There are some 20 million refugees worldwide. And until now, none of them could have competed with any Olympic team.
Muhammad Ali went to Turkey in 1976 and connected with the Turkish people. His death recently was felt strongly there.
When Cassius Clay converted to Islam in the mid-1960s and took the name Muhammad Ali, he was not a popular figure in mainstream white America. But he was never afraid to talk about his Muslim faith.