He previously won a gold medal in boxing light heavyweight division at the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium. 1936 — Sonja Henie of Norway, wins her third consecutive Olympics figure skating gold ...

United States Olympic ice hockey coach, Herb Brooks, left, speaks to members of the team during a break in practice at the ...

Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final men’s title. 1928 — Sonja Henie, ...

Battle of the Herrings fought during Hundred Years’ War when French and Scottish troops unsuccessfully attack English convoy (carrying ...

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 ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 30, 1924, Gillis Grafström of Sweden won the men’s figure skating gold medal at the Chamonix Winter Olympics. The ...

The next day, Herma Sazbo of Austria won the ladies figure skating event. Even though she finished eighth, 11-year-old Sonja Henie became the world’s darling, winning the next three Olympic golds and ...

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 ...

When you invest in an athlete’s Olympic journey, you provide key resources needed to propel them over the finish line – and inspire a nation. For a Team Canada athlete to reach the podium, it takes ...

MORGAN COUNTY, Ind. (WXIN) — Details have been released on how 33 children were treated in the Indiana home of reported abusers Sonja and Brian Stafford for approximately 13 years. The court documents ...

Former Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says the Olympic review committee has "already decided" to build a new stadium at Victoria Park for the Brisbane 2032 Games. The LNP government is ...