The Olympics bring countries together through sport. You watch top athletes compete for medals and expect fairness along with unity. History shows a different story though. Personal gain, political ...

For the 1976 games, the U.S. selected Dean Smith as coach and he did something controversial but typically brilliant: he took four of his own players as the core of the team. Mitch Kupchak, Tommy ...

Either way, there could very likely be a work stoppage, with a player strike or lockout that could hold off the 2026 season.

Romanian gymnast Nadia Comăneci became a worldwide sensation when, at just 14 years old, she became the first gymnast in history to receive a perfect score at the 1976 Olympic games in Montreal.

African states won new power when they demanded New Zealand withdraw because of their rugby tour of apartheid South Africa. The 1976 Olympics marked a turning point in Olympic history: it was the ...

BUDGET OVERRUNS, CORRUPTION, BOYCOTTS, DRUGS The 1976 Montreal Olympics, which initially had a $300 million budget, ended up with a staggering ...