CHICAGO (WGN RADIO) — On this week’s episode of Quest for Gold, we go in depth to talk about Richard Jewell, the man once dubbed a hero, before being accused of setting off a bomb during the 1996 ...
In July and August 1996, the world sent its finest athletes to Atlanta. Some athletes came as familiar names from familiar nations. Others had toiled in obscurity. Each came proudly to Atlanta, and ...
From the 1964 Tokyo Olympics to the 2026 Milano Cortina Games, NBC is there for the action.
The former gymnast was just 14 years old when she competed as part of the "Magnificent 7," the iconic gymnastics group that won the first-ever team gold medal for the United States. While Moceanu was ...
Over the last 20 years, Kerri Strug has become a wife, mother, marathon runner and schoolteacher. She earned a master’s degree from Stanford, wrote two books, worked for the Justice Department and for ...
Moceanu and her 1996 Olympics teammate Shannon Miller reunited at 90s Con Doug Pensinger/Allsport Winning Olympic gold is special — but there's something unique about winning it in the United States.
It’s not throw back Thursday, but let’s take ya’ll back to 1996, where Shaquille O’Neal found himself in an unusual and unexpected situation during the Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Despite being one of ...
Battling the effects of Parkinson's Disease, Ali surprised the world as he lit the Olympic Cauldron at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Ali died Friday night at the age of 74 and his influence went ...
ATLANTA — Nearly 30 years after Atlanta hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics, merchandise from the games is making a comeback; especially among younger generations who weren’t alive when the event took ...