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Drama y luto en los Juegos Noticias Drama y luto en los Juegos Podían haber sido recordados por los logros deportivos, innovaciones en la comunicación o grandes infraestructuras, pero los Juegos Olímpicos de Múnich de 1972 siempre se ligarán al martes negro, el día que el terrorismo hizo añicos el espíritu olímpico de convivir como una sola nación mundial. Diez días después del inicio de la competición, en la madrugada del 5 de septiembre, un grupo terrorista llamado Septiembre Neg...

Amanda Weir, Anthony Ervin, Nathan Adrian and Ryan Lochte are among the group of 13 athletes in the 30-and-older club at US Olympic Swimming Trials.

Boudia has won four Olympic medals, including gold on individual 10-meter at the 2012 London Games. A 17-year-old Fishers resident top the podium.

With the host city and nation currently battling another wave of coronavirus cases, how much should the media covering the Tokyo Olympic Games focus on the public health crisis swirling around one of the world’s iconic sports mega-events?

Just weeks before the match, Soviet tanks and troops brutally crushed the short-lived Hungarian Revolution.

Don Schollander is a legend, a talent who was unrivaled in his heyday. Yet his impact has been lost to unfortunate timing and modern-day fascination.

Tokyo Olympics: Athletes to Watch This Summer Looking for some names to root for? Start here. By The New York Times June 1, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET No list of Olympic athletes could encompass all the stories of human achievement on display at the Summer Games. But if you’re looking for some names to root for (or against) in Tokyo, here are a few to start with. (Note that some still need to qualify to compete this year.) Gymnastics Image Simone Biles competing on the beam at the U.S. Classic in May...

Outside events have often intruded on what is meant to be a pleasant respite from global tensions.

Munich Massacre Contents In what became known as the Munich Massacre, eight terrorists wearing tracksuits and carrying gym bags filled with grenades and assault rifles, breached the Olympic Village at the Summer Games in Munich before dawn on September 5, 1972. The terrorists, associated with Black September, an extremist faction of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, entered the apartment complex where Israeli athletes were staying. Once inside, they murdered two members of the Israeli te...

The Ghosts of Comanche Crossing In 1981 three Black teenagers drowned while in law enforcement custody during a Juneteenth gathering at Lake Mexia. Four decades later, Texas’s proudest Emancipation Day celebration still hasn’t recovered. Lake Mexia, seen from Booker T. Washington Park, known locally as Comanche Crossing, on April 21, 2021. Photograph by Michael Starghill Every Juneteenth, as soon as Pamela Baker got to Booker T. Washington Park, she’d race to the merry-go-round, squeeze ...