1976 — Bruce Jenner sets the world record in the Olympic decathlon with 8,618 points, breaking Nikolai Avilov’s mark by 164 points. 1980 — Houston pitcher J.R. Richard suffers a stroke during a ...

The U.S. 400-meter freestyle relay team wins the gold medal, with Matt Biondi and Tom Jager becoming the first U.S. male swimmers to win golds in three Olympics. Michael Johnson sweeps to victory in ...

Pakistani officials say a German mountaineer and Olympic gold medalist was seriously injured while attempting to scale a peak in the northern, Karakoram mountain range. Laura Dahlmeier is stranded on ...