The 1976 Montreal Olympics, which initially had a $300 million ... the Olympic Stadium was not completed on time. It seems these Games were cursed because on the eve of the opening ceremony ...

Rowing made its Olympic debut at the 1900 Paris Games. The sport was actually on the program at the 1896 Olympics in Athens but was canceled due to bad weather. Until 1976, there was only a men's ...

In all, East Germany wins eight of the nine luge medals at the Games – all but the gold awarded to Italy in the doubles tie. 1976 Innsbruck: Olympic luge is timed to the thousandth of a second, making ...

Korbut became a gymnastics trainer and was celebrated with a special exhibit at the 2012 games on the 40th anniversary of her ...

Dorothy Hamill won gold in the 1976 Olympics in Austria. Following the Games, Hamill became a marketing sensation when her hairdo, a distinctive wedge cut, made a fashion statement. Millions of ...

Newhouse earned a degree in electrical engineering from Prairie View, where he also became a three-time All-American and National Champion ...

And struggle he did. From his 10th-place finish in the decathlon at the 1972 Games until the 1976 Olympics, he trained, on average, eight hours a day. At Montreal, amid the heat of the Cold War ...

World Athletics is deeply saddened to hear that Fred Newhouse, who earned Olympic 400m silver and 4x400m gold in 1976, died on Monday (20) at the age of 76. The US sprinter was one of the world’s ...

A longtime administrator and official for USA Track & Field and the USOPC, he was the Team USA team leader at the 2000 ...

I walked into my office at 8 a.m., Feb. 3, 1973, 52 years ago, to begin a routine day as editor of the Adirondack Daily Enterprise. My boss, Bill Doolittle, owner and publisher of the Enterprise ...