John L. Sullivan wins the world heavyweight bare-knuckle title by beating Paddy Ryan in a nine-round bout in Mississippi City, Miss. 1942 — At the Millrose Games in New ...

Peggy Fleming made history in figure skating, but where is she now? Here’s an update on her life and what she’s been doing ...

As the figure skating community grappled with the deaths of more than 15 skaters, coaches and parents, the grief was felt across the world.

In 1961, the entire U.S. figure skating team died in a plane crash. Losing a generation of top-level athletes and their coaches hobbled the U.S. The DCA crash and brought back difficult memories.

That 1982 crash, in which the plane hit a bridge before plummeting into the Potomac River, unfortunately involved a former Chattanoogan as a deceased victim – Chalmers McIlwaine Jr., 41, the son of ...

Dick Button, the 2-time Olympic gold medalist and 5-time world champion who went on the become the voice of Olympic figure ...

Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and five consecutive world championships ... Left to right: Dick Button, Terry Gannon and Peggy Fleming call the action for ABC Sports coverage of the US ...

Dick Button, the two-time Olympic gold medalist in men's figure skating (1948 and 1952), has died at age 95. He was also ...

The United States figure skating world suffered a major loss on Thursday with the death of Dick Button. Button, who won gold ...

Also aboard the flight were many family members of these skaters, vital support systems for any young athlete. The ...

He won an Emmy for his enthusiastic and sometimes acerbic analysis on sportscasts, but before that he made history as a ...

Olympic medals are displayed on a custom-designed trunk by Louis Vuitton at the Champions Park at Trocadero during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. © 2024 ...