Unless some very creative cyclists manage to cheat, there will be no motors in the 2024 Paris Olympics. When Paris hosted the games in 1900, however, it included one of the most dangerous and exciting ...

The Olympics has hosted its fair share of quirky, wild events. Live pigeon shooting or obstacle course swimming, anyone? Coincidentally, some of the most curious sports to be given Olympic status ...

The history of Olympic golf is at least a little bizarre even when you look at just the modern iteration—between the Zika virus that kept some top players away from Rio in 2016 (or at least gave them ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. The 1900 Olympic Games in Paris hosted what was surely the weirdest and most bizarre Olympic event of all time: ...

Alvin Kraenzlein set a record at the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris that still stands, thanks to a game-changing hurdling ...