Life After Olympics
Waiting For Their Gold Medals...Since 1976
Winning a gold medal game should be the pinnacle of any Olympic athlete's career. For two men from the 1976 New Zealand field hockey team, it's a moment that's too...
The Olympic Juggernaut: Displacing The Poor From Atlanta To Rio
Of the nearly 700 homes that used to stand in Rio de Janeiro's Vila Autódromo neighborhood, just over 20 remain. Why? Vila Autódromo neighbors Rio's Olympic Park. And it's not...
U.S. Olympic Swimmer Jenny Thompson, 8-Time Gold Medalist, Reflects On Her 4 Games
Thompson is Olympic women’s swimming’s most decorated athlete ever. She’s now a practicing anesthesiologist in Portland, Maine, and the mother of two.
3-Time U.S. Olympic Medalist: Fencing Experience 'Translates To Everything Else In My Life'
Sada Jacobson Baby won a bronze medal in the individual women’s sabre event in 2004 in Athens, along with a silver and bronze in 2008.
For Olympian Frank Shorter, Running Was An Escape From A Home That Was 'A Prison'
Shorter won the 1972 Olympic Marathon and helped establish the first anti-doping agency in the U.S. But his public persona hid a dark secret.
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Eight Years After Beijing, Olympic Gymnast Shawn Johnson Reflects On Post-Games Life
After the 2008 Olympics, Johnson struggled with the constant spotlight, and for a time, an eating disorder.