Marathons have gathered strangers for more than a century now. This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through ...
Spyros Louis, a Greek water-carrier, was the winner of the first Olympic marathon at the 1896 Summer Games—a triumph inspired ...
In 1896, with the revival of the Olympic Games, James Brendan Connolly, the son of immigrants from the Aran islands, became ...
A) He was ranked No. 1 B) He was the reigning Wimbledon champion Before the 2012 London Games, Serena Williams was asked whether winning a bronze would be an acceptable result. What was her answer? A) ...