Marty Sheets was born with Downs Syndrome in 1953 but through Camp Joy, a camp for kids with intellectual disabilities, he found a love of sports. Invited to participate in the first International ...

The 1980 U.S. Men’s Olympic Hockey Team achieved a stunning victory against the Soviet Union National Team in the “Miracle on ...

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is equivalent to the Congressional Gold Medal, although the former can be awarded “with distinction,” a higher degree of award that has only been presented 55 ...

Hall made his Olympic debut at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, where he won a trio of gold medals as part of U.S. swimming relays. He went on to win gold in the 50-meter freestyle at both the 2000 ...

BOSTON — A gold medal awarded at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics was sold at auction for over half a million dollars, part of hundreds of lots of memorabilia from the Games over the decades, a firm ...

The 2024 Paralympic Games were 12 days of jam-packed competition in 22 sports. China is at the top of the medal leaderboard, boasting the most medals overall (220) as well as the most gold medals ...

Michael Phelps has won his eighth gold medal at the Beijing Summer Olympics, surpassing the previous record held by swimmer Mark Spitz. He holds the world record for swimming.