Probably the world’s most famed statue of an athlete is of a discobolus (discus-thrower), by Myron, ancient Greek, restored by Professor Furtwangler. His restoration places the missile-hurler* in ...

The shadows of early evening were creeping across Brussels’ Stadium last week as a hulking U.S. Army lieutenant in trackman’s flimsies stepped into the discus ring. At the international military ...

Figure of a male athlete about to throw a discus, his right arm is extended back, the weight of his body resting on his right foot, his eyes cast downward.

In celebration of the centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta (which end today), the U.S. Postal Service three months ago issued a “Classic Collection” souvenir sheet of 20 different commemoratives. When ...

It can appear to the naked eye as a blur; a frenzied whirlwind of arms and legs, but for Ancient Greece it epitomized an intoxicating marriage of harmony and balance. A sport with an almost ...