For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon in 1935 would be the accomplishment of a lifetime. In 45 minutes, he established three world records and tied another. Owens won ...

“After the Games, Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s right-hand man, called him ... as “the son of my old sports friend Luz”. Thirteen years later, during filming for Jesse Owens returns to Berlin ...

The photograph depicts Jesse Owens in Cleveland on August 25, 1936, following his triumph at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Jesse Owens (1913-1980) was an all-time-great track athlete, and the star of the ...

The 1936 Berlin Olympics was the start of a long-lasting bond between the families of American track and field legend Jesse ...

In the 1930s, Jesse Owens is a young man who is the first in his family to go to college. Going to Ohio State to train under its track and field coach, Larry Snyder, the young African American ...

and an inspiring drama about one man’s fight to become an Olympic legend. Directed by Stephen Hopkins, Race stars Stephan James (of Selma) as Jesse Owens, Jason Sudeikis, and Academy Award ...