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 discussion explores the evolution of the games from a sacred religious sanctuary at Olympia to today's "moving circus" of international host cities.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Professor of Sport Studies Amy Bass joins WIRED to answers the internet's burning questions about the history of the Olympics. When were the first olympics contested? How do the olympic ...

As the 2026 Winter Olympics command global attention in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, a quieter but historically charged moment is unfolding a few nations to the north. Denmark’s Bruun Rasmussen is bringing to auction a first-place silver medal from the 1896 Athens Games —the first Olympics of the modern era.

Here's what you need to know about the world's greatest women’s hockey player, including her age and decorated Olympic history.

Tage Thompson is representing the United States in the Winter Olympics and has a chance to etch his own mark in history.

NBC has aired every Winter Olympics since 2002, in Salt Lake City, UT. At this point, its broadcast teams are chock-full of grizzled veterans, many of whom have covered a dozen or more Games for the network (which started broadcasting the Summer Games in 1988).