Greece's Olympic Team looks to skier Alexandros Ioannis Ginnis for its first medal in the Winter Games starting in the ...

From pigeon shooting to tug-of-war, here are 11 disciplines that were cut from the Olympics ...

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AJ Ginnis, who gave Greece a first ever winter sport medal, ended his skiing career on Monday with a ceremonial run down the Olympic slalom course after a latest injury did not allow him a competitive ...

Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Allison Smith examines the "distant echoes" of the original Olympic Games and how they compare to the modern global competition. The ...

So before we bid the Games adieu in just a few short days, let's commemorate the "Olympics" for this iteration of NPR's Word ...

The timing of the games originated with the first Olympics, which were believed to have been held in 776 BC in ancient Greece ...