These Games were boycotted by fourteen countries, including the Soviet Union because of America’s boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. American Carl Lewis won ...

How many times has L.A. hosted the Olympics? The 2028 Games will be the third time that Los Angeles has been the site of the Olympics, having previously done so in 1932 and 1984. That will put it ...

The world must never forget the month of June 1976. And it is not because in that month I was freshly minted as a graduate of ...

Trump administration immigration and travel policies could have severe negative effects on L.A. events such as the World Cup ...

RICHMOND, Va. — One of our favorite summer traditions is back! More than 1200 athletes from across Virginia competed in the Special Olympics Virginia Summer Games this weekend. Friday night's ...

Josh Allen could go from MVP to USA. The Buffalo Bills quarterback said he'd be interested in representing the United States in flag football in the 2028 Summer Olympics, now that the NFL players ...

A cycle rickshaw driver, of Deke’s Muscled Cabs, transports a passenger, possibly an athlete, during the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Traffic on the 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles during the 1984 Summer Olympics. (Michael Montfort / Michael Ochs Archives via Getty Images) In the end, catastrophe was avoided.

Canadian Summer McIntosh emphatically reclaimed the world record in the 400m freestyle ahead of a likely showdown with Katie Ledecky at this summer’s World Championships. McIntosh, a triple gold ...

Katie Ledecky was the owner of the 400-meter freestyle world record until 2022, when Australia's Ariarne Titmus broke the six-year-old mark at the Australian Championships. McIntosh claimed the ...

(L-R) Ecaterina Szabo, Mary Lou Retton and Simona Păucă during the women's gymnastics medal ceremony at Pauley Pavilion at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Aug. 1, 1984.