Category : Sports

Serena Williams is widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. She was born on September 26, 1981, in Saginaw, Michigan,...

Tiger Woods, byname of Eldrick Woods, (born December 30, 1975, Cypress, California, U.S.), American golfer who enjoyed one of the greatest amateur careers in the...

In 1986 Anita DeFrantz became the first American woman and first African American to serve on the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Her inclusion was considered...

Rafer Johnson made his decathlon debut in 1954 and the next year he won the Pan American Games title and set the first of his...

Edwin Moses, a renowned American hurdler, was born on August 31, 1955, in Dayton, Ohio, U.S. His dominance in the 400-meter hurdles event for a...

Gail Devers, in full Yolanda Gail Devers, (born November 19, 1966, Seattle, Washington, U.S.), an American track athlete who overcame physical adversity to win Olympic...

Wyomia Tyus, (born August 29, 1945, Griffin, Georgia, U.S.), the American sprinter who held the world record for the 100-meter race (1964–65, 1968–72) and was...

William Harrison Dillard was born on this date in 1923. He was an African American Olympic track and field athlete. When his hometown of Cleveland,...

Carl Lewis, in full Frederick Carlton Lewis, (born July 1, 1961, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.), American track-and-field athlete, who won nine Olympic gold medals during the...