The 1968 Olympics could not escape the turmoil of their times. A gold medal gymnast silently rebelled against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Apartheid South Africa was disinvited in order to ...

At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, after African-American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos won the gold and bronze, respectively, in the 200 meters, the two runners stood atop the podium with ...

In acknowledgement of the 2020 Olympics, which would have kicked off in Tokyo last week, the Criterion Collection is streaming its monumental collection 100 Years of Olympic Films on their streaming ...

Learn how we uncover deeper insights with the Direct Message Methodology. Starting with the iconic swoop of Lance Wyman’s 1968 Olympic logo, we remember Mexico City as a visual spectacle like no other ...

Dick Fosbury's high jump gold medal from the 1968 Mexico City Olympics — which he won with the revolutionary Fosbury Flop — sold at auction for $158,600. The medal was one of a few Fosbury items ...

On 19th October 1968, spectators at the Estadio Olimpico in Mexico City witnessed a sporting revolution. Dick Fosbury, an enormously tall American from Portland approached the bar, set at 2.03m, for ...

BERKELEY, Calif. - A crowd of admirers packed the UC Berkeley Alumni House on Friday night to honor three giants. "As athletes, scholars, and change agents, you exemplify the spirit of generations," ...

Legend says the Aztecs wandered for more than a century before establishing Tenochtitlán, the largest city in the pre-Columbian Americas, on the site of what is now Mexico City. It was the journey ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Chanting in unison, ...

It’s one of the most iconic sports photos of all time. Tommie Smith, clad in his blue USA track suit, a gold medal draped around his neck, stands ramrod straight atop the medal stand at the Mexico ...