but Kerri Strug went into the 1996 Summer Olympics in the shadows. “You’ll never see Kerri on a Wheaties box,” her coach, Béla Kérolyi, told the Houston Chronicle in July 1996.

The last time the United States hosted the Summer Olympics was in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1996, producing a cavalcade of stars and a spectacle to match. From the opening ceremonies to the Parade of ...

"His inimitable spirit will be greatly missed by ... Westbrook competed at the Olympics in 1976, 1984, 1988, 1992 and 1996, plus made the 1980 Olympic team for the boycotted Moscow Games.

National Women's Soccer League star Trinity Rodman is back on the pitch with the Washington Spirit this season. The 22-year-old is looking to make her mark after making her Olympics debut with the ...