Feb. 13 1923 — The New York Renaissance, the first all-black pro basketball team, is organized. Rens become one of the dominant basketball team of the 1920s and 1930s. 1937 — Maribel Vinson wins her ...

Of the 122 current National Olympic Committees (NOCs) that have ever sent athletes to the Winter Olympic Games, 92 are ...

From the Games’ Greek origins to their first foray into Asia, the Olympics are known for bringing nations from all around the world together to celebrate the very best in athletics.

From the Games’ Greek origins to their first foray into Asia, the Olympics are known for bringing nations from all around the ...

There are few opportunities to mount an event of this scale, but the Olympics host country showed what it was made of through ...

These strange Olympic facts are pure gold. But you can read on to find out how much pure gold is actually in a gold medal.

The Winter Olympics got underway Wednesday, with the first curling matches in Cortina. Milan will host Friday’s opening ceremony, which is usually the most viewed moment of the Games.

MILAN — Next Friday, the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics will kick off the Games at San Siro, Milan's main soccer stadium. Among the headliners: Mariah Carey and Italian tenor Andrea ...

Even with the Duomo, the city’s towering Gothic basilica, and La Scala, its opulent opera house, spheres and voices reaching for the heavens, for all of its cathedrals of faith and fashion, the museum ...

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CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Lindsey Vonn crashed in her final downhill race before the Winter Olympics on Friday and was airlifted from the course for medical checks, a troubling turn for the 41 ...

Norway is the only country that has won more medals at the Winter Olympics than the United States since the chillier version of the international competition was held a little over a century ago.