Mark Spitz, considered the swiftest swimmer of all time, made his big splash during the 1972 Olympics, becoming the first athlete to win seven gold medals in an Olympiad. His performances were ...

The Olympic champion is the first Singaporean to be honoured and joins superstar Michael Phelps, among others. Read more at ...

Opera singer Leontyne Price is 98. Actor Robert Wagner is 95. Singer Roberta Flack is 88. Olympic swimming gold medalist Mark Spitz is 75. Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman ...

Before there was Michael Phelps or Mark Spitz winning Olympic gold medals for the United States — there was Tarzan. Yes Tarzan, the fictional literary and film character who was raised by apes ...

At the games in Athens, he won 6 gold and 2 bronze medals, falling just one gold short of tying with Mark Spitz's record of 7 golds in 1972. Next, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he won a record ...

BOTTOM LINE A compelling journalism thriller with a fine cast and fascinating period details. The big story out of the Munich Olympics on Sept. 5, 1972, was the remarkable eight-day run of seven ...