Olympics

As the world watches the gymnastics events at the Tokyo Olympics, we remember the ancient Greeks, who started the history of gymnastics.

The Olympics was about much more than honoring Zeus or the winners of the games. It was an organized effort to help the Greeks get to know each other better, perhaps inspire them to work together at peace and...

Kyniska was a Spartan princess, she went down in history after becoming the first woman to win the Olympics of old.

Ancient athletes accomplished many astonishing feats of sport in antiquity. But what diet fueled these ancient athletes and Olympians?

Greg Louganis, four-time Olympic gold medalist, is thought to be one of the greatest divers in history.

In the summer Olympics of 1896 in Athens Spyros Louis took advantage of the opportunity to impress his love.

The history of cheating in the Olympics unfortunately goes as far back as the ancient Games. Due to human nature, the temptation to cheat and get around the rules seems to be part and parcel of these oldest of...

A new study suggests that only one city in Japan in the entire world will be able to host the Winter Olympics in the future. The study, which was published in Current Issues in Tourism, looked at the effect of...

The ancient Greek sport of boxing may be dropped from the Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, recently warned. Weightlifting and boxing are the “two problem children" of the Olympic movement” and remain at risk of being...

Theodore Vetoyanis, known by his ring name of George Zaharias, was more popularly known as "The Crying Greek from Cripple Creek".