This quadrennial schedule, a tradition since the modern Olympics began in 1896, raises the question: Why are the Games held ...

Although much has changed since the first modern-day Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896, one thing that has remained constant is an athlete’s pursuit for the medals table in the name of ...

The whereabouts of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic torch meant to be on display at an Athenian Olympics museum remains a mystery.

It will be the ninth time the U.S. hosts the Olympic Games since they began in 1896. The Games will be held in Los Angeles, which will become just the third city in history to host three separate ...

On January 25, 1924, the first Winter Olympics take off in style at Chamonix in the French Alps. Spectators were thrilled by ...

Thomas Edmund Burke was the first American to become a two-time Olympic gold medalist, reeling in the double at the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, in Athens, Greece. At age 21, he blew away ...