Taylor was added to the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame in 1989, earned a spot in the Massachusetts Hall of Black Achievement in 1997, the UCI Cycling Hall of Fame in 2000 and an IAA Jesse Owens Award ...

Marshall Walter Taylor came to hold many names, from "the Worcester Whirlwind" to "The Fastest Bicycle Rider in the World," the title of his autobiography. But for many in Worcester, he was just ...

Berlin’s 2036 Olympic bid rekindles legacy of Jesse Owens, Dhyanchand, ... America’s black athlete Jesse Owen, ... did not turn up. But he sent Herr Hesse (Rudolf Hess, known as deputy Fuhrer). He was ...

It's time for the 2025 OHSAA track and field championships. Athletes from across Ohio will converge on Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium in Columbus for the two-day competition June 6-7.

The Hilliard Davidson girls 3,200-meter relay gave distance coach Nate King a going-away present at the OHSAA state track and field meet June 6.

Jesse Owens lost a race ... where he would race against the fastest players on each team. The ballplayers would run the 100 yards on a clear track, whereas Owens would have to jump over three ...

Fairfield Union senior Christian Thompson won the OHSAA Division II high jump title June 6 at her future college stadium at Ohio State.

Pastor Jason Owens, 49, of The Rock Faith Center in El Paso, died after a motorcycle crash. Owens' church community is mourning his loss and asking for prayers for his family.

Watch the opening scenes of Jesse Owens. The most famous athlete of his time, his stunning triumph at the 1936 Olympic Games captivated the world even as it infuriated the Nazis.

Illness would prevent Lyles from completing an Olympic double, but he earned the title of "Fastest Man Alive" with the 100m win. After the Olympics, one of the fastest players in NFL history ...

An Alaska man who was pinned facedown in an icy creek by a 700-pound (318-kilogram) boulder for three hours survived the ordeal with only minor injuries, thanks in part to his wife’s quick th… ...