Gay, Richards win Jesse Owens awards

Tyson Gay and Sanya Richards have both won the Jesse Owens Award for a second time.

Great patriotic moments in U.S. sports

Check out our list of the top 10 patriotic moments in U.S. sports.

Stop me if you've heard this one ...

Obstructed View: Three guys walk into a bar ... stop me if you've heard this one.

Health care and Chicago's bid

What's in play with Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics? It might be health care reform.

OTL: Dream Chaser

Al Joyner feels the presence of Florence Griffith 25 years after Olympic glory. Now, in their daughter, he sees a young Flo Jo.

Relay gives Bolt third gold of worlds

Usain Bolt's third gold medal of the world championship was met with a sense of disappointment Saturday because the Jamaican 400-meter relay team failed to set a world record.

Bolt lowers 100-meter mark to 9.58

Usain Bolt has captured another world record, winning the 100-meter race in 9.58 seconds at the world championships.

Owens' 1936 feat stands test of time

As Jesse Owens is set to be honored in Berlin this weekend at the track worlds, we are reminded that what he achieved there in the 1936 Olympics still stands as the greatest accomplishment in sports.

An Olympic boycott that almost worked

In "Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics," ESPN's Jeremy Schaap tells the story of Owens and of the efforts to keep America out of the 1936 Olympics.

FILE -- This is an Aug. 14, 1936, file photo showing Jesse Owens competing in one of the heats of the 200-meter run at the 1936 Olympic Games...

2 Aug 1936: Jesse Owens of the USA crosses the finishing line during the 100 metres event at the 1936 Olympic...

Lost legacy of the world's fastest man

It's been a long time since being the world's fastest man meant much in this country. Can Usain Bolt bring the nobility back to the title?

Two decades of the World's Fastest Men

From Ben Johnson to Usain Bolt, the stories and the record races of the 'World's Fastest Men' over the last two decades are recounted.

Track bodies to pay tribute to Owens

One of the most memorable moments in athletic history will be recalled at the Berlin world championships when the granddaughter of American Jesse Owens and the son of German Luz Long present medals in the Olympic stadium.

...metres medallists at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games (left to right : Martinus Osendarp of Holland (bronze), Jesse Owens (1913 - 1980), of the USA (gold) and Ralph Metcalf also of the USA (silver). (Photo by...