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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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A CLASSIC Rick Just's History Corner: Jesse Owens in Boise
Jesse Owens was one the biggest Olympic heroes of all time. When he took four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Germany, it put the lie to Hitler’s claims of Aryan superiority. After his ...
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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 ...