The word "Olympics" is rooted in ancient Greece. In Greek mythology, the gods would descend from Mount Olympus into the town ...

Davidson College Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Allison Smith examines the "distant echoes" of the original Olympic Games and how they compare to the modern global competition. The ...

The Olympic anthem, first performed at the 1896 Athens Games, was featured at the 2026 Milan Cortina Opening Ceremony. Here’s ...

Perfectionism is often seen as a virtue, but there’s a difference between healthy striving and maladaptive perfectionism—a pattern driven by fear of failure, external validation, and a sense of ...

Major brand partners are drawn to the Olympics for the billions of expected viewers, and the 2026 Winter Olympics are no exception.

Mariah Carey took center stage to help kick off the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony at 100-year-old San Siro Stadium in Milan, Italy.

As the 2026 Winter Olympics command global attention in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, a quieter but historically charged moment is unfolding a few nations to the north. Denmark’s Bruun Rasmussen is ...

Find out the history of the Olympics anthem you may not know.

The Olympics do not erase conflict. They expose it in a controlled, non violent arena. They exist to say this. Let us fight ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — If the rules of ancient Greece were observed today, drone and missile fire over Ukraine would stop on Friday as guns fall silent in the Olympic tradition. The Milan Cortina ...

Olympians bite their medals to test their purity. It used to be the same with currency. Julia R. Cartwright is a senior ...