In the blistering heat of St Louis, 1904, the Olympic marathon became an unintentional comedy of errors and a grim lesson in what happens when science, ego, and poor planning collide. Held alongside ...

The 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis were supposed to show off American pride. Instead, they turned into a messy sideshow. The Olympics were attached to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, better known ...

The 1904 Saint Louis Olympic marathon is remembered as one of the most chaotic and bizarre events in Olympic history. Held during the World’s Fair and poorly organized by James Sullivan, the race took ...

BOSTON — A gold medal awarded at the first Olympics hosted on U.S. soil was sold at auction for over half a million dollars, part of hundreds of lots of memorabilia from the Games over the decades, a ...