The 1904 St. Louis Games remain significant in Olympic history as the first where prize medals were presented in gold, silver and bronze, a tradition that endures to this day. Clemente Lisi is a ...

Zango's jump of 17.47m earned him a bronze medal at the the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, the first Olympic prize ever awarded to the West African nation of Burkina Faso. Burkinabe athletes competed in ...

The Games opened on Jan. 25, with a parade of competing nations. The next day, U.S. skater Charles Jewtraw claimed the first ...

This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.