Traces the development of the run, the lighting of the cauldron and other symbolic elements of the Olympic Games

Story of the Olympic torch as told by modern torchbearers to Kindl, a walking, talking symbol of light, who eventually becomes a torchbearer to the Games. Back

A guide to the ancient Olympics features a program of events, transportation options as provided by passenger ferry and ox cart, accommodations, and dining opti

In 2013 and 2014, some of Massachusetts' wealthiest and most powerful individuals hatched an audacious plan to bring the 2024 Summer Olympics to Boston. Like th

Dropping the Torch: Jimmy Carter, the Olympic Boycott, and the Cold War offers a diplomatic history of the 1980 Olympic boycott. Broad in its focus, it looks at