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A Rare Gold Medal From The 1904 Olympics In St. Louis Just Sold For Over $500,000 At Auction
A gold medal from the 1904 Olympics in St. Louis, the first ever hosted in the United States, just sold for $545,371 at auction. The medal, which is smaller than its modern counterparts and made from ...
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Owens pierced a myth
For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon ... President Bush posthumously awarded Owens the Congressional Medal of Honor. Bush called his victories in Berlin "an unrivaled ...
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After my grandfather hugged Jesse Owens, the Nazis told him: ‘Never embrace a black man again’
Jesse Owens’ place among the icons ... On the surface, the photograph of the medal ceremony – Owens raising his hand to his head in honour of the Stars and Stripes, Long stretching his right ...
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Jesse Owens (IMAGE)
Caption J.C. 'Jesse' Owens possessed both elite speed and raw power, which he honed and blended on his way to winning four Olympic gold medals in 1936. Those impressive traits -- elite speed and ...
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‘The Football Game That Changed America’ Review: The Gridiron’s Grandest Stage
With his very first sentence—the book’s opening kickoff—Dennis Deninger proclaims the Super Bowl “the most important sports ...
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Athletes are going faster, higher, and farther—thanks to technology and smarts
but suspicion follows many top Olympic athletes of his time. Bolt had to forfeit a gold medal he won as part of a relay in the 2008 Olympics after a teammate tested positive. Jesse Owens won the ...