At 1924 Olympics, Lewiston’s Bob Legendre leaped into history

For several years in the 1920s, Americans hailed Legendre, a world-record holder and Olympic medalist, as the best athlete in the country and possibly the world.

When Olympians gathered in Stockholm in 1912, Bates College athletes were among them

Over the years, Bates has had at least a dozen Olympic athletes, but 1912 was its high point, with two students and a future coach competing on the world stage.

Olympic surfing exposes whitewashed Native Hawaiian roots

For some Native Hawaiians, surfing’s Olympic debut is both a celebration of a cultural touchstone invented by their ancestors, and an extension of the racial indignities seared into the history of the game and their homeland.

Banned from the Tokyo Olympics for pot? Let the athletes decide what drugs should be allowed

In the wake of debate about cannabis, performance-enhancing drugs and the Olympic Games, athlete-driven doping legislation is the way forward.

The Olympics are ‘on the wrong side of history’ when it comes to free speech

The International Olympic Committee's Rule 50 still restricts the freedom of speech of athletes, despite the recently relaxed stipulations. A respected Olympian says the IOC must change its policy.

Family ties pull Olympic gold medalist back to Maine

Anna Goodale, a mother of two young boys, left a demanding coaching job at Ohio State for an opportunity to run the community-based rowing club in her hometown of Camden.

Experts fear the Olympics could trigger a global super spreader event

Organizers are relying on a series of rules that detail how participants of the Olympics and Paralympics can compete, move around and socialize.

32-year-old Chellsie Memmel serious about gymnastics comeback, has sights on Olympics

Trying to make the U.S. national team while competing against some athletes born the year Memmel stood atop the podium in Melbourne, Australia in 2005 as the best female gymnast on the planet — isn't a publicity stunt.

Maine-born boxer Amelia Moore pushed through pandemic to continue Olympic training

Moore, who grew up in Norway, has bounced around the country during the pandemic. She hopes to be in Tokyo for next summer's Olympics, even if it's not exactly how she'd imagined it.

Clare Egan’s final biathlon season off to strong start