In July and August 1996, the world sent its finest athletes to Atlanta. Some athletes came as familiar names from familiar nations. Others had toiled in obscurity. Each came proudly to Atlanta, and ...
However, few moments in the Games' history mean more to the city of Atlanta than Muhammad Ali's lighting of the Olympic torch in 1996. According to former United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young, Ali ...
To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, we’re cataloging 25 objects that define the country’s history. Athletes from around the world are in Italy for the Winter Olympic Games, chasing ...
ATLANTA — It was 25 years ago amid preparation for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta when Ambassador Andrew Young had to keep the biggest secret in the world -- Muhammad Ali was lighting ...
ATLANTA -- On a hot summer night more than five years ago, Muhammad Ali ended the Olympic torch relay by lighting the big red caldron that burned above the Atlanta Games. Tuesday, as a mild ...