Jesse Owens' incredible journey from a sharecropper's son to an Olympic legend who defied Hitler's propaganda and inspired ...

Jesse Owens, a student at Ohio State University, made history at the 1936 Olympics by winning four gold medals in track and field events. His triumphs in the 100 meters, 200 meters, long jump, and ...

Ninety years ago, Jesse Owens made history by producing the "greatest 45 minutes ever in sport." On May 25, 1935, Owens set four world records in 45 minutes at the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, ...

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*”RACE” opened in theaters over the weekend, taking in $7.4 million at the U.S. box office on a $5 million budget. The biographical sports-drama centers on African American athlete Jesse Owens, who ...

(WDBJ) - On this day in 1936, 23 year-old Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in the 100 meter sprint, defeating the theories of a master race by the Nazi regime ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - August 9, 1936, African-American athlete Jessie Owens became the first athlete in history to win four gold medals at a single Olympics. His team’s win in the 4x100m race also ...

Jesse Owens was one the biggest Olympic heroes of all time. When he took four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Germany, it put the lie to Hitler’s claims of Aryan superiority. After his Olympic ...

Jesse Owens was a racial barrier shattering track star, earning four Gold medals at the 1936 Olympics. In honor of his myriad accomplishments, the adidas Black History Month collection pays homage to ...

The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced that its annual track and field state championships in early June ...