As Australia, the United Kingdom and Lithuania join the United States’ diplomatic boycott of the upcoming winter Olympics in Beijing, we look back at the calls to boycott the 1936 Olympics, which were ...

The boxers that have vied for medals and glory at the 2024 Paris Olympics are hoping to build on a rich legacy that, at times, has had a little Detroit flavor. For example, Detroit natives Frank Tate ...

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris produced incredible feats of athleticism that we will hold in our hearts forever from American swimmer Katie Ledecky separating herself from the pack by what seemed ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Aug. 3, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Aug. 3, 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won ...

Berlin is making a bid to host the Olympics again, possibly 100 years after the city hosted the 1936 Games under the Nazis. Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner is to present bid plans, with help from four other ...

A Jewish memorabilia collector recalls the Jewish trifecta of women athletes who won medals in foil at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. One of the most intriguing storylines for Jewish fans at the 2024 Paris ...

Iris Cummings Critchell, an aviation pioneer who was believed to be the last living Olympian from the 1936 Berlin Games, died last Friday at age 104. Her death was confirmed by the IOC and by Harvey ...

BERLIN — Berlin has formally presented its bid to rehost the Olympics in the same stadium where Jesse Owens starred during the 1936 Games under the Nazis. Berlin sports minister Iris Spranger on ...

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The Nazis used the 1936 Games as a propaganda tool. Paris upended that history. Trisha Urmi Banerjee and Nathaniel Zetter teach literature and visual culture at the University of Cambridge. The ...