The daughter of "Smokin' Joe" Frazier has started a petition calling for a Philadelphia boulevard to be named after the Hall of Fame boxer. Weatta Frazier Collins wants to rename Glenwood Avenue north of downtown Joe Frazier Boulevard. Organizers say the petition has gathered more ...
With the 2020 Tokyo Games dubbed the Olympics to help reconstruct disaster-hit regions, torch relay organizers are tasked with providing a genuine sense of involvement for people still finding their way back to normality. Starting discussions in February, organizers decided the best way to achieve ...
Five-time Olympic medal-winning swimmer and former world-record holder Tsuyoshi Yamanaka died of pneumonia Friday at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. He was 78. Yamanaka won two silver medals in the men's 400- and 1,500-meter freestyle at the 1956 Melbourne Games as a high school ...
Sata Maruyama, who played on the gold-winning women's volleyball team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, died on Sunday, her family revealed Monday. She was 72. At 20 years of age, Maruyama, known more by her maiden name Isobe, was the youngest starter and an attacker ...
From humble roots growing up in a coal mining camp in Wise County, Virginia, Ollan Cassell built a successful, inspiring career in track and field. After first attending East Tennessee State, he rose to prominence at the University of Houston, then continued his athletic career ...
Lucious "Luke" Jackson, a member of the United States' gold medal-winning men's basketball team at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, is one of 11 players who will be inducted into the inaugural class of the Small College Basketball Hall of Fame on Nov. 17. The special ...
Gayle Hopkins, who advanced to the final round in the men’s long jump at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics, died in his sleep on Sunday night or early Monday morning in Tucson, Arizona, according to sources close to the matter. Hopkins was 74. He was a ...
Iolanda Balas, a two-time Olympic high jump champion from Romania, died Friday following gastric complications. She was 79. Romania's track and field federation said Balas died at the Elias Hospital in Bucharest. Balas, the first Romanian woman to win an Olympic gold medal, took first at ...
Mark Shearman has achieved extraordinary success as a sports photographer, specializing in track and field. He has a remarkable portfolio — containing images of Olympic legends such as Edwin Moses and Carl Lewis, Usain Bolt and Sebastian Coe — that few can ever hope ...
As the Japanese soccer world mourns the loss of Dettmar Cramer, dubbed "the father of Japanese soccer" for helping develop the game as a coach in the country in the 1960s, former players and officials offered their condolences on Friday. Cramer passed away on Thursday ...
China's economic slowdown and market crash often evoke comparisons with Japan's bust in the 1990s, a period that saw the world's second-largest economy of the time tip into prolonged stagnation. Both economies experienced rapid, debt-fueled growth that spurred soaring real estate prices and stock market ...
Nearly three weeks after American sprinter Henry Carr's passing, another iconic runner from the 1964 Tokyo Games has passed away. Australian legend Ron Clarke died at age 78 on Wednesday in his homeland. Tributes poured in from all around the globe. • "He was an outstanding athlete, ...
