The last time the United States hosted the Summer Olympics was in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996, producing a cavalcade of stars and a spectacle to match. From the opening ceremonies to the Parade of ...

but Kerri Strug went into the 1996 Summer Olympics in the shadows. “You’ll never see Kerri on a Wheaties box,” her coach, Béla Kérolyi, told the Houston Chronicle in July 1996.

During the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia three pipe bombs exploded killing two people and injuring 111 on July 27th.. Those killed were a woman named Alice Hawthorne who died shortly ...

Shaquille O'Neal says a poppyseed muffin caused him to test positive for cocaine at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The Hall of Famer shared the wild story Thursday on TNT's "Inside the NBA ...

USC wins first men's indoor track and field title in 53 years USC wrapped up its first men's indoor track and field title in 53 years on Saturday with a fourth-place finish in the 4x400 relay.

the Black track and field standout who broke through racial barriers and became the only woman to compete for the United States in the long jump at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, died Thursday.