Sports are a microcosm of society. Perhaps there’s no better example of that than when Jesse Owens competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the heart of Nazi Germany, persevered and won four gold ...

Olympic track and field star Carl Lewis opens up about the “wear and tear” his career had on his psyche and on his personal life in a new documentary. The 10-time Olympic medal winner, 63, reveals in ...

Julie Anderson and Chris Hay's film, premiering at SXSW, shows how Lewis dominated track and field like nobody else, but never earned America's full embrace. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic ...

Carl Lewis at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Olympic track and field star Carl Lewis opens up about the "wear and tear" his career had on his psyche and on his personal life in a new ...