Mexico City Olympics 1968

Jesse Owens told athletes not to risk being unemployed after the Mexico City Games

When the man who could fly stood down

The voices of 1968 head to San Jose State University for historic town hall

50 years ago, he worked with John Carlos and Tommie Smith for Black Power. Now, he’s talking with Colin Kaepernick.

When black collegians debated boycotting the Olympics in 1968, he emerged as the most prominent face on campus

‘If I hadn’t found boxing, I wouldn’t have been able to fulfill half of my dreams. In fact, I didn’t know how to dream until I found boxing.’

The 1968 Olympian weighs in on the NFL quarterback’s decision

From picking cotton to the pick-and-roll, Spencer Haywood’s story is truly astounding