No matter what Usain Bolt or anyone else does on the track or in the field events, no performance at the Olympic Games is ever likely to have the cultural, historical, and athletic resonance of Jesse ...

CLEVELAND — He was fast, n his day the fastest in the world. A Cleveland man who could outrun the wind, or so it seemed. In this Olympic Games year, there is always a look back with a nod of respect, ...

The 1936 Berlin Olympics are best remembered for Jesse Owens, who triumphed in a dramatic duel in the Olympic long jump against Germany's Luz... Was Jesse Owens' 1936 Long-Jump Story A Myth? The Track ...

U.S. track star Jesse Owens made history at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 75 years ago, when he destroyed the Nazi myth of Aryan supremacy. He brought... Jesse Owens' Legacy, And Hitler's Oak Trees U.S.

An Olympic gold medal won by African-American track-and-field legend Jesse Owens is being auctioned off, the Associated Press reports. Suggested Reading How White Folks Can Dress as the Twins From ...

A 1936 Olympics gold medal won by Jesse Owens sold for $1,466,574 early Sunday morning, the highest price ever paid for a piece of Olympics memorabilia, ESPN reports. Suggested Reading Videos Show Why ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1936, 23 year-old Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in the 100 meter sprint, defeating the theories of a master race by the Nazi regime ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Aug. 3, 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics as he took ...

(AP) An Olympic gold medal won by Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Games has sold for a record $1.4 million in an online auction. SCP Auctions said an anonymous bidder paid $1,466,574, the highest price ...