Olympics
How Wheaties Became the 'Breakfast of Champions'
Images of Olympians and other athletes on boxes helped the cereal maintain a competitive edge
A History of Gymnastics, From Ancient Greece to Tokyo 2020
The beloved Olympic sport has evolved drastically over the past 2,000 years
This Graphic Artist's Olympic Pictograms Changed Urban Design Forever
Having lived through Germany's Nazi regime, Otl Aicher went on to pioneer democratic design
The Science Behind a Faster, Higher, Stronger Team U.S.A.
The unsung heroes behind the Summer Olympics are the scientists and engineers whose inventions and innovations help athletes
The Tokyo Summer Olympics: Smithsonian's Guide to the Games
Prepare yourself for the Tokyo Olympics with this comprehensive guide to the history, science, arts and thrills of the worldwide celebration
For More Than 60 Years, Indigenous Alaskans Have Hosted Their Own Olympics
Athletes at the World Eskimo-Indian Olympics in Fairbanks test their mettle in events like the blanket toss, knuckle hop and ear pull
Olympian Babe Didrikson Cleared the Same Hurdles Women Athletes Face Today
The star track and field athlete of the 1930s boisterously challenged gender expectations with her record-setting athleticism
What the Medieval Olympics Looked Like
The Middle Ages didn't kill the Games, as international sporting competitions thrived with chariot races and jousts
The 'Protest' Olympics That Never Came to Be
A leftist response to the 1936 Games being held in Nazi Germany, the proposed competition was canceled by the Spanish Civil War
The Centuries-Old Sport of Karate Finally Gets Its Due at the Olympics
With the games set for Japan, the martial art will at last debut at next month's competition
The Olympic Star Who Just Wanted to Go Home
Tsökahovi Tewanima held an American record in running for decades, but his training at the infamous Carlisle school kept him from his ancestral Hopi lands
Hundreds of Centuries-Old Trees Felled to Rebuild Notre-Dame's Iconic Spire
French authorities cut down some 1,000 historic oaks as part of the Paris cathedral's ambitious reconstruction process
The True History Behind 'One Night in Miami'
Regina King's directorial debut dramatizes a 1964 meeting between Cassius Clay, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown
Paris' Champs-Élysées to Be Transformed Into an 'Extraordinary Garden'
The French avenue's "green makeover" won’t be finished until after the city's 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic Decathlon Medalist Rafer Johnson Dies at 86
He was the first African American athlete to light the cauldron that burns during the Games
A Champion in Accessible Design, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum Opens in Colorado Springs
The Games may be canceled this year, but you can still get a virtual taste of glory
What Tony Hawk's First Skateboard Shows About the History of the Sport He Made Famous
The legend has done the impossible again by bringing skateboarding into the mainstream
Amid a Pandemic, Olympic Committee Postpones Summer Games Until 2021
Delaying the Games for a year is considered by many to be the best course of action for public health
Éva Székely, Holocaust Survivor and Olympic Champion Swimmer, Dies at 92
In the wake of the war, she did not attempt to hide her identity. "Unequivocally," she said, "I was a Jew"
How the Trampoline Came to Be
Inspired by circus performers, George Nissen created the bouncing ‘tumbling device’ that still captures imaginations 75 years later
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