Sports are a microcosm of society. Perhaps there’s no better example of that than when Jesse Owens competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the heart of Nazi Germany, persevered and won four gold ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Carl Lewis almost didn't make it to the University of Houston. Lewis said legendary Cougars track coach Tom Tellez "didn't really try to recruit" him and just started coaching ...

It was a familiar scene Friday for Team USA in the men's 4x100-meter relay, as their formidable speed was halted once again by a botched baton pass. In their quest to win their first Olympic gold ...

A nudge here. “Was that who I think it was?” A tap on the shoulder there. “Did you see him?” Even the most blinkered British Athletics Championships organisers would struggle to argue against last ...

LOS ANGELES -- Perhaps the greatest track and field athlete in U.S. history, nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis, says the sport is dying. "We've got to stop looking at each other and saying ...

— -- HOUSTON -- Standing prominently inside the University of Houston athletic department's Hall of Honor is a life-size bronze statue of Carl Lewis, the figure dressed in a USA track uniform ...

When it comes to winning gold, it doesn’t hurt to look good while you do it, according to 10-time Olympic medalist Carl Lewis. Lewis, 63, won his first four gold medals during his 1984 Olympic debut ...

Angered by Team USA’s botched baton handoff Friday at the Paris Olympics in the men’s 4×100-meter relay — the 11th since 1995 resulting in disqualifications or bans — nine-time Olympic gold medal ...