If she was going to make a U.S. Olympic team, it would surely be in the heptathlon, the seven-event discipline of track and ...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee is a veteran American track and field star. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest female athletes of all time. Joyner-Kersee won six Olympic medals across four Olympic ...

Kendall Schler of Columbia, Mo. was the first to cross the finish line at the GO! St. Louis Marathon. Schler had her photo taken with Jackie Joyner-Kersee and was expected to receive $1,500 in prize ...

Herman Shaw, right, standing beside Edwardsville mayor Art Risavy, was a local legend in Edwardsville for helping break segregation barriers in the schools — and for his excellence in multiple sports.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. UPDATE, January 26, 2026, 9:32pm EST: Jackie has laid a second egg ...

Beloved Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow have laid their first egg of the season. Beloved Big Bear bald eagles Jackie and Shadow, watched by thousands online, have a history of both successful ...

When Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey met Jackie Robinson in 1945 to recruit him as Major League Baseball’s first black player, he tested Robinson’s resolve. He unleashed a barrage of ...

Houston, we have an egg! In major news for followers of Southern California’s most famous feathered power couple, bald eagles Jackie and Shadow have welcomed their first egg of the 2026 season in ...

More than two weeks have passed since John Forté, a Grammy-nominated rapper who rose to fame in the 1990s, died. The 50-year-old was found dead on Jan. 12 in his home in Chilmark, Massachusetts, per ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man has been sentenced to multiple decades in prison for the Chinatown shooting death of a 71-year-old man who was out for a walk nearly four years ago. Alphonso Joyner was found ...