Berlin’s new Olympic push can’t escape the shadow of Hitler’s 1936 spectacle, where athletes wrote resistance stories and ...

This is the guy who showed the master race they were the minor race. Jesse Owens was an authentic American hero from then on," says Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist Jim Murray on ESPN Classic's ...

Meet Mel Owens, a 66-year ... in his golden years." As his bio states, Mel has two children from his first marriage. In an interview with Us Weekly, Bachelor host Jesse Palmer shared that Mel's ...

Six weeks after Jesse Owens enjoyed his stunning day of days, accumulating six world records in the space of 45 minutes at ...

Jesse Owens had one of the most memorable days in track and field history 90 years ago this weekend in the 1935 Big Ten Track ...

Two events leading up to the Nationwide Children's Hospital Columbus Marathon in October have been renamed to salute Buckeye legend Jesse Owens.

COLUMBUS — Kent State captured a pair of event wins during action this weekend at the Jesse Owens Classic. Due to rainy conditions on both Friday and Saturday, a limited number of Golden Flashes ...

Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier with the Dodgers in 1947. Read about his stats, family, death, ...

The school has its own history with race relations. Arguably its most famous alumnus, track and field legend Jesse Owens, had to live off-campus due to racial restrictions at the university.