Jesse Owens
The world was a scary place in the 1930s – and unfortunately it was about to get worse before it got better. There was, however, a small glimmer of hope. This happened rather unexpectedly at the Olympic Games ...
Usain Bolt – My Luxuries
The just-retired Jamaican sprinter and hero Olympian, Usain Bolt, shares the luxuries he’d rather not live without. A conversation with the great athlete.
What does luxury mean to you?
For me, it means items th...
The Most Bizarre Sports in the Winter Olympics
Every four years, competitors from around the world come together to face off in a series of games. The Winter Olympics may be best known for mainstream events like figure skating and skiing, but they also feat...
Usain Bolt
Usain St Leo Bolt, was born in Sherwood content, Trelawny, Jamaica.
Bolt first came to the attention of the public when he ran in the 2002 World Junior Championships, in which he won the 200-meter event. In 20...
Remember Joe Gaetjens: America’s First World Cup Hero
As the world’s most beloved sport, football, prepares for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil it is hard to overlook the fact that one of football’s greatest matches occurred there 63 years ago. It was in Brazil, duri...
Levern Spencer – A Jumping Into St. Lucian Record Books
Over the course of human history, societies have looked to athletes as an inspiration and hold them up as representatives of the nation as a whole. This is the very concept embodied by the Olympics as nations f...