The 1960 Rome Games heralded historic victories for Muhammad Ali, track star Wilma Rudolph, and decathlete Rafer Johnson in the first fully televised Olympics in North America. But the journey from ...

The 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome were fraught with change and significance. It was a time of racial struggle in the United States. The Cold War between the USSR and the United States was heating up.

Otis Davis, a runner who won two gold medals at the Rome Olympics in 1960, including a dramatic photo finish victory in world record time in the 400 meters, died Sept. 14 in hospice care in North ...

The Olympic Channel published a mini documentary to their YouTube channel on the women's 100m butterfly final from the 1960 Olympics in Rome. The episode is a part of their new series "On the Line," ...

Author Maraniss weaves sports, politics, and history into a tour de force about the 1960 Olympics. Along with the unforgettable characters and dramatic contests, there was a deeper meaning to those ...