ATLANTA - As the fervor for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games increases, Atlanta is quietly marking the 28th anniversary of the Centennial Olympic Games. The Opening Ceremony took place on the evening of ...
In July and August 1996, the world sent its finest athletes to Atlanta. Some athletes came as familiar names from familiar nations. Others had toiled in obscurity. Each came proudly to Atlanta, and ...
ATLANTA (KETK) – The 2024 Summer Olympics officially start with the opening ceremonies on Friday and that’s a perfect reason to look back at ceremonies from years gone by. In this From The Archives ...
We Atlantans awaited the summer of ‘96 with enthusiasm – we’d spent thousands of dollars on Olympic tickets, some involving sports for which we had limited familiarity – and dread. How would traffic ...
Nearly 30 years after Atlanta hosted the 1996 Summer Olympics, merchandise from the games is making a comeback ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ahead of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, KSHB 41 continues to highlight amazing athletes all across the Kansas City area, including Ed Broxterman, who competed in the high jump in ...
Businessman A.D. Frazier, one of the key figures responsible for bringing the 1996 Olympic Games to Atlanta, has passed away at the age of 80 at his home in North Georgia. He was CEO of several ...
It was a dark day when a bomb went off at the site of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Vince Velazquez was a brand new member of the Atlanta Police Department at the time, part of a ...
"Because we were hosting the Centennial Games, we were very, very hopeful that every country came—and they did, even the North Koreans. The Olympics, unfortunately, as much as it tries to keep ...