11 Facts About Rio’s Christ the Redeemer Statue
It only took nine years to construct this giant on a hill.
It only took nine years to construct this giant on a hill.
Aside from being Rio law, there's another good reason the Olympics have gone full 'Baywatch.'
From inside a casket to inside a coffee table, these winners made a different choice.
Birthmarks? Accessories? A bizarre form of intimidation?
Before he was the "Voice of Swimming," Gaines led Team USA to victory.
Consider yourself warned.
Finally, one weird trick that might actually work.
Tug of war had a pretty good run.
Halfway through the race, the situation looked so dire that commentators seriously worried he was drowning.
The games will focus on everyday tasks.
While winning a medal is the ultimate goal of any athlete competing during the Olympic Games, sometimes their victories are short-lived.
What could be cooler than spending two weeks as the center of the world's attention? If you lived in Denver in the 1970s, your answer would have been "all kinds of things."
The woman once regarded as the world's greatest female athlete spent her life—and death—trapped between identities.
The Russian women's gymnastics team hadn't been defeated in 48 years. To do it, Kerri Strug had to jump with a torn ankle.
What happens to Olympic stadiums and venues once the games are over?
The nylon bands have been designed in the colors of 14 competing nations.
Medals are great, but what about all of the free McDonald's and dental work that comes with being an Olympic athlete?
A new line of high-tech brooms is leaving many cold.
The concept involves shooting metal pellets towards Earth. (What could go wrong?)
They're custom-made to fit each team member's body.
On April 6, 1896—120 years ago today—the first modern Olympics were held in Athens, Greece.
Competitors rely on audio cues to play.
The Miracle on Ice, one of the biggest upsets in sports history, took place on February 22, 1980 at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.
If the Olympic Committee handed out medals for unpredictable moments, these ones would have scored gold.