In an attempt to signal Germany's return to the world community after defeat in World War I, the International Olympic Committee awarded the games to Germany in 1931, before Adolf Hitler rose ...

The 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, hosted by a freshly appointed Adolf Hitler, were filled with historic moments in both sports and geopolitics. It was the first Olympic Games to be the subject of ...

Radios across the world were tuned in on August 14, 1936 when nine working-class boys from the University of Washington took gold at Hitler's Olympics. Listen to the original radio broadcast ...

Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. That boxer was Howell King. At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where legendary runner Jesse Owens registered what many called a “blow to the Nazi ...

Malcolm Gladwell isn’t most people. Gladwell, the author, journalist and podcaster, explores the 1936 Berlin Olympics on the latest season of his podcast series “Revisionist History.” ...

In 45 minutes, he established three world records and tied another. Owens won four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics. But that was merely an appetizer for Owens. In one week in the summer of 1936 ...

Basketball debuted as a medal sport for men at the 1936 Olympics, and women's basketball was later added in 1976. During that time, one nation has dominated the sport, but many different players have ...

With longstanding ties to Germany, it is no surprise men's handball made its first Olympic appearance in 1936 when Berlin was the host country. Handball took a hiatus from Olympic competition until ...

Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Munich. Owens' story is one of a high-profile sports star making a statement that transcended athletics, spilling over into the world of ...