Olympic Sports

Ryan Lochte has become a transcendent figure in the Olympic world.

When former Nascar executive Max Siegel took over the U.S. track.

Olympic champion Evan Lysacek captured the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.

Jaromir Jágr wears the number 68 in honor of the Prague Spring rebellion.

Jimmy Roberts is a sportscaster for NBC Sports. Roberts joined NBC in May 2000 after serving as a sports reporter for almost 12 years at ESPN

Suzy Favor is a three-time Olympian and author of Fast Girl, a raw, though incomplete, account of her journey.

Seely was told she would be lucky if she ever walked unaided again.

Raven Saunders is an American track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and discus throw

At his mother's bidding, Bryan Clay - an unruly child from a broken home - focused his energies on track-and-field.

DeMar DeRozan is a basketball player with the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs, which he joined in 2018.

Sylvia Fowles is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Michelle Kwan is the most-decorated skater in U.S. Figure Skating history, having won two Olympic medals, five World titles.

Chamique Holdsclaw was born and raised in Queens, NY, she first made her mark as a high school basketball star at Christ TheKing High School.

A member of the 2004 USA gold winning Olympic team, Swintayla Marie Cash knows how set goals to ensure success.

Seimone Augustus is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

A record-breaking sprinting star of the 1970s and 1980s, Evelyn Ashford is one of the few track and field athletes to boast four Olympic gold medals.

Tommie Smith began life quietly, born to Richard and Dora Smith on June 6, 1944 in Clarksville.

Born in Accra, Ghana, Maame Biney moved to the United States when she was five after her father emigrated.