Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Allison Smith examines the "distant echoes" of the original Olympic Games and how they compare to the modern global competition. The ...

Here's a look back at the history of the Winter Olympics, including when the first games were held and where they've been ...

The Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina Winter Games was formally handed to Italian organizers on Thursday in the all-marble stadium in central Athens where the first modern Olympics were held nearly ...

The Olympics have a rich history. Check out more information on their prolific past, promising present, future forecast, and more.

As the 2026 Winter Olympics command global attention in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, a quieter but historically charged moment is unfolding a few nations to the north. Denmark’s Bruun Rasmussen is ...

The modern pentathlon, the Olympic event that seeks to crown the most “complete” athlete, is about to get started at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Here is a breakdown of what to expect as the modern ...

Modern Pentathlon begins competition on Thursday at the Paris Olympics. Here's everything you need to know about the event.

A medal awarded to athletes at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 is set to go under the hammer at a Danish auction house, with online bidding on the silver award on March 1.

The modern pentathlon, the Olympic event that seeks to crown the most “complete” athlete, is about to get started at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Fencing is split into two rounds. The first is a round ...