Kathy Leopold has stories to tell. Leopold attended the 1968 summer Olympics and the 1970 World Cup. She traveled by herself ...

One giant leap made Bob Beamon a legend at 22. He soared 29 feet, 2 1/2 inches at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, winning the gold medal in the long jump and demolishing the world record.

Off the court, NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has spent his life advocating for social justice. He wrote about it in a new ...

In his new book about Malcolm X, Mark Whitaker deftly outlines the slain Black activist's wide-ranging cultural influence and ...

In this season of pomp and circumstance celebrating graduates from preschool and beyond, it’s never too late in life to ...

I’m still learning. And I really like it. I love life and I’m not afraid to try new things. I could tell you many stories ...

The clenched fist makes it to the Olympics America jumped onto the clenched-fist bandwagon several decades later, and its symbolism became a centerpiece of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Rockville’s Timberlawn was where Eunice Kennedy Shriver founded a summer camp for children with intellectual disabilities.

Law enforcement’s commitment to the Special Olympics has been evident for decades, and every year, law enforcement personnel ...

Twenty seven years since his Winter Olympics debut with a borrowed sled in Nagano, Shiva Keshavan cannot help feeling that the more things change, the more they remain the same.