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 ...
In a move that seems to defy it's own motto of "Faster, Higher, Stronger," the International Olympic Committee recommended today that one of its original sports—wrestling—be dropped from the Summer ...
The ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 B.C. — -- The Olympic Games that we know and celebrate today stem from events held thousands of years ago in Ancient Greece. The first recorded ...