The country of Mexico has had a long history with the modern Olympic Games beginning with Olympiad II in Paris in 1900.

In this thought-provoking episode, Leonard Armato, former manager of NBA star Shaquille O'Neal, discusses how Kareem ...

The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris are set to begin Friday with the usual spectacle of the opening ceremony and the parade of athletes into the stadium. This year, basketball great LeBron James will ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The black power freedom salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics was a protest felt across the world and it remains a symbol against racism and for equality. The two men ...

Crew coach Harry Parker will only say "we're looking ahead," but "looking ahead" in this case means the oarsmen at Newell Boathouse have their eyes on next year's Olympics at Mexico City.

capping her career with her triumph at the 1968 Olympic Winter Games. At 19, Fleming was the only American to take home gold from Grenoble, France. Peggy Fleming won the second of three ladies ...

The International Olympic Committee dismissed the incident as an "internal affair" and continued on its preparations for the Games. If the IOC were happy to turn a blind eye to the protest on the ...

"Dorothy's special gift was her power, her straight back, and that fresh style that she could create with her movement over the ice," says 1968 Olympic champion Peggy Fleming on ESPN Classic's ...

(ATR) Once spurned by the U.S. Olympic Committee, Tommie Smith and John Carlos are now being exalted for their protest at the 1968 Games in Mexico City. Sprinters Smith and Carlos respectively won ...