Olympics

For an athlete who only competed in the Olympics once and finished out of the money, Steve Prefontaine made a lasting impact on track and field and changed amateur sports in this country. Generations of young distance runners were trained to emulate Prefontaine, but it took decades for worthy successors to emerge. The story of […]

Marion Jones was on top of the world after winning three gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics. A few years later she was in prison. Where is Marion Jones today?

Carl Lewis is known both for nine Olympic gold medals and butchering the national anthem before an NBA game.

WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry once met Michael Jordan in Barcelona when both were competing in the 1992 Olympics and things nearly got ugly.

Tommie Smith and John Carlos staged a protest in the Olympics nearly half a century before Colin Kaepernick began kneeling at NFL games.

Showbiz Cheat Sheet chatted with Olympic gold medalist and volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings about how she stays in top condition during quarantine. She also offered some healthy eating tips and advice for weary parents trying to do it all. Here’s a peek into our chat. Showbiz Cheat Sheet: How are you staying in shape […]

Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali and comedian Billy Crystal were longtime friends.

The 2000 USA men’s basketball team, led by Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Jason Kidd, didn’t have a whole lot of challenges en route to capturing its Olympic gold medal in Sydney, Australia. Since the challenges were rare, they decided to make their own. In their first game against China, and their 7-foot-6 star Yao […]

“My emotions are all over the place,” Michael Phelps says of the pandemic’s effect on his mental health.