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 ...

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 ...

Carl Lewis is Mad as Hell and He May Not Take it Any More When American track legend Carl Lewis speaks, people listen. When he sings, maybe not so much, but when laying down the law on sprinting, ...

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 ...

United States track and field legend Carl Lewis was beside himself after the American men messed up their handoff during the 4×100 meter relay at the Olympics in Paris on Friday. The men finished ...

— -- 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 ...

Ever since Usain Bolt hung up the spikes, track and field has been searching for the new face of the sport and might find it this weekend. Noah Lyles is on a quest to win four gold medals. The ...

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 ...

Carl Lewis watched as the men’s 4x100 relay went on at the national meet in Austin last June with a noticeable omission. The University of Houston made the decision not to enter the relay at regionals ...