A new project by the History Channel explores the triumphs and injustices of Jim Thorpe’s career. “He’s one of the greatest ...

A giant fair in downtown Washington, a mixed martial arts competition at the White House and a monument honoring national ...

2000 — Venus Williams beats Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 7-6 (3) for her first Grand Slam title. Williams is the first black women’s champion at Wimbledon since Althea Gibson in 1957-58.

Nearly 80 years after scaling barbed wire fences in Nazi-occupied Poland and jumping from moving trains in search of freedom ...