(Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) (ATR) Jesse Owens struggled financially following his 1936 Olympic success, but others are cashing in on the medals he used to pay off personal and ...

Owens received an arguably more valuable award for his performance in Berlin: the Presidential Medal of Freedom. This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as Watch Jesse Owens Win ...

Jesse Owens was an authentic American hero ... Bush posthumously awarded Owens the Congressional Medal of Honor. Bush called his victories in Berlin "an unrivaled athletic triumph, but more ...

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 ...

Former NFL quarterback and currently unemployed sports analyst Robert Griffin III went viral on social media for suggesting ...

In 1990, following a strong push by Cleveland Congressman Louis Stokes, Jesse Owens was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in a presentation to his widow by President George Bush.

One of his daughters Marlene Owens Rankin now runs the Jesse Owens Foundation helping ... 92-year-old Hildegaard Fraser witnessed Owen's medal heroics in the stadium Even early in Owen's life ...

One man, five days of competition, four gold medals won. That equation should have been enough to make any athlete stand out in a crowd of his contemporaries. Yet Jesse Owens' performances in the ...

Jesse Owens, an American ... sophisticated doping” to improve his performance. He will lose his record and the bronze medal at the Doha World Cup. Katie Ledecky spoke about doping Chinese ...

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 ...

One of his daughters Marlene Owens Rankin now runs the Jesse Owens Foundation helping ... 92-year-old Hildegaard Fraser witnessed Owen's medal heroics in the stadium Owen's returned home a hero ...