ROMEROME — They were the Summer Games that ushered in the Olympics as we know them today. Starting 50 years ago on Wednesday, Rome hosted the first Summer Olympics to be commercially broadcast. They ...
Television - and gold medals - made a boxer named Cassius Clay and sprinter Wilma Rudolph household names. A glamorous setting for a larger pool of competitive nations. And lots of money spent on the ...
ROME – They were the Summer Games that ushered in the Olympics as we know them today. Starting 50 years ago on Wednesday, Rome hosted the first Summer Olympics to be commercially broadcast. They were ...
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.
On the final evening of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, a little-known Ethiopian stepped to the starting line of the marathon, barefoot. He raced in the shadows of ancient ruins, including the Axum ...
If there ever was a time to ponder the meaning and magnificence of the Olympics, this is it: On the eve of the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, the world is poised to judge this historic twinning of ...
Book Tour is a Web feature and podcast. Each week, we present leading authors of fiction and nonfiction as they read from and discuss their work. On the surface, the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome were a ...
Italian long-distance runner Francesco Perrone, known for competing in the marathon at the Rome 1960 Olympics, has died at the age of 89 due to COVID-19. A former police inspector, Perrone tested ...
Nicknamed "the black gazelle", U.S champion Wilma Rudolph crosses the finish line of the Olympic 100m event, that she wins, establishing a new world record, 02 September 1960 in Rome where she ...
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