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May 15, 2012
DALLAS (AP) - Michelle Obama remembers sitting in front of her television many years ago and watching Mary Lou Retton,…
May 7, 2012
Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt has become the subject of criticism in Jamaica after a photograph of him kissing his…
May 1, 2012
PBS's series 'American Experience' will honor Jesse Owens with a 1-hour look at his life and Olympic career...
April 24, 2012
DURHAM, North Carolina (AP) - LeRoy Walker, the first African-American to lead the U.S. Olympic Committee and the first black…
April 19, 2012
Nineteen-year-old Monique Newton has been close to death twice. She survived brain cancer as a child and an attempted overdose…
April 18, 2012
VIDEO - Just one year after he won the Olympic gold metal in Beijing, China, Jamaican track star and the…
March 28, 2012
LONDON (AP) - Hop on the Underground at 'Jesse Owen' station. After one stop change at 'Carl Lewis.' And then…
March 13, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says Michelle Obama will lead the official U.S. delegation to the opening ceremonies of…
March 8, 2012
When Olympic swimming gold medalist Cullen Jones asked students at Buffalo Creek Elementary School if they thought he's ever almost…
February 7, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - At first, Nigel was just a boy on his bike in Queens, NY. He's still on his…
January 23, 2012
When Mattie Lawson's husband, Michael, suggested in 2003 that they consider hosting a political fundraiser at their lavish Los Angeles…
January 3, 2012
The 1992 Olympic basketball team is the squad by which all others are measured. LeBron James thinks a new measuring…
December 20, 2011
LONDON (AP) - Describing himself as his country's "top sprinter without a sponsor," a British athlete has resorted to selling…
November 22, 2011
theGRIO VIDEO - Ibti, as she's known to her friends, is as unique a site on the fencing circuit as…
October 11, 2011
VIDEO - Today, John Carlos is promoting his new memoir titled, 'The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment that Changed…
September 15, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - '[The Republicans] have done everything in the world to keep me out of this race,' he admits...
September 13, 2011
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis was ordered back on the ballot in a New Jersey state…
August 16, 2011
VIDEO - She wants to be one of three U-S women to head to London next year where, for the…
August 16, 2011
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - New Jersey's top elections official won't certify nine-time Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis as a candidate…
July 21, 2011
TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The Shock announced Thursday they had waived Jones to make room for former Oklahoma center Abi…