Jesse Owens

'Inside the NBA' host Kenny Smith talks race and sexuality in sports

2013-05-01 11:54:00

NBA player Jason Collins’ decision to come out as gay continues to be the biggest news of the week -- a story amplified by the comments of basketball analyst Chris Broussard on ESPN's "Outside the Lines" calling homosexuality "an open rebellion to...

Letters: Divided on lane splitters

2013-01-25 00:00:00

Re "On 2 wheels, it's open road," Column, Jan. 19 In his justification for motorcycle "lane splitting," Doug Smith writes as if all motorcyclists are supremely careful drivers. He ignores the numerous hazards this practice poses to automobile drivers....

Letters: Jesse Owens, a hero in Germany

2013-01-25 00:00:00

Re "Author inspired by Haley," Obituary, Jan 23 Author and magazine editor Hans Massaquoi, the son of a German mother and a Liberian father, believed that he was spared the fate of German Jews because "blacks were so few in number that they were...

Letters: Still a drug war

2013-01-25 00:00:00

Re "Overkill in the war on pot," Jan. 22 Kudos to Marie Myung-Ok Lee for her outstanding Op-Ed article on the federal government's intransigence on marijuana policy. I'd like to add that as a U.S. Senate candidate from Illinois in 2004, Barack Obama...

Letters: Debating Benghazi

2013-01-25 00:00:00

Re "Heated words on Libya," Jan. 24 It was very interesting to watch the Republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee berate and at times excoriate Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton over the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi, Libya,...

What is the greatest sports moment in world history?

2012-12-20 07:35:00

The world is supposed to end Friday. The Mayans predicted it. We think. Of course, rational people don't believe for a moment that the world is ending Friday. But what if it does? If the world ended Friday, the most important thing to figure out would...

Lakers' Mike D'Antoni puts accent on positive after going negative

2012-11-27 21:42:00

Most of us don't speak West Virginian. It's a tricky language, but just part of the job now as we get to know Lakers Coach Mike D'Antoni and what he's really saying when he speaks. For example, I wanted to know if anyone has ever used the expression...

South L.A. health clinic draws hundreds

2012-08-26 00:00:00

Thirteen-year-old Stephanie Cota pulled up her sleeve and glanced at the needle. "Is it gonna hurt?" she asked. "You'll feel it, but you look like a strong girl," said Yadira Guerra, a licensed vocational nurse. "Just turn the other way." When Cota...

Book Review: 'Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias'

2011-07-10 00:00:00

Wonder Girl The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias Don Van Natta Jr. Little, Brown: 404 pp., $27.99 So do you know who made the Top 10 when ESPN chose its 50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century? Here they are: (1) Michael Jordan....

Tuesday’s Highlights: 'Unforgettable' on CBS

2012-04-30 21:37:29

Sports Legend Revealed: Did Adidas get its name from the acronym "All Day I Dream About Soccer"?

2010-10-12 16:33:13

Sports Legend Revealed: Was a hockey player arrested for trying to switch to another military team during World War II?

2011-03-08 16:33:30

Linda Naffiola, an 11-year veteran teacher in the Chicago Public Schools, uses a bullhorn to rally protesters during a march from Jesse Owens Elementary Community Academy to West Pullman Elementary School in Chicago.

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Linda Naffiola, an 11-year veteran teacher in the Chicago Public Schools, rallies protesters during a march on Saturday from Jesse Owens Elementary Community Academy to West Pullman Elementary School in Chicago.

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Jesse Owens crosses the finish line to win the 100-meter dash at the 1936 Olympics.

2012-12-20 07:15:00