The 2016 Summer Olympics will formally kick off on Friday evening in Rio de Janeiro, and everyone wants to know: Who's going to light the Olympic Cauldron this year? More than 12,000 people helped ...

Either epic or unfortunate, these four moments in Olympics history will never be forgotten.

Read full article: 12 films by 2 iconic directors to be shown at Oakland County theater this summer. Here’s a list In 1996, Muhammad Ali shocked the world at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic games by lighting ...

Former NBC exec Dick Ebersol and Olympians recall how the famous moment from the Atlanta Games came to be. By THR Staff Muhammad Ali‘s surprise appearance to light the torch at the 1996 Olympic Games ...

It's easy to look back at the boxing career of Muhammad Ali and peg him as one of the greatest athletes of all time. Ali died Saturday night at the age of 74 and his influence went beyond the ring.

A Torch donated by Bernie Ecclestone to the IOC may not be the one used by Muhammad Ali to light the Olympic Cauldron at Atlanta 1996 ©IOC The Torch was donated to the IOC by former Formula One chief ...

Muhammad Ali lighting the Olympic torch at the 1996 Atlanta Games is one of the more indelible moments in sports history. And according to former NBC executive Dick Ebersol, it almost didn’t happen.

Looking back, it seems fitting that Janet Evans felt the earth move beneath her as she stood, Olympic torch in hand, in front of the world with Muhammad Ali atop Centennial Olympic Stadium on that ...

ATLANTA -- On a hot summer night more than five years ago, Muhammad Ali ended the Olympic torch relay by lighting the big red cauldron that burned above the Atlanta Games. Yesterday, as a mild day ...

“Athlete of the Century”, said GQ Magazine, Sports Illustrated claimed his as the “Sportsman of the Century”, and various other organizations, magazines, and others claimed him to be the greatest ...

PARIS (AP) — When Snoop Dogg agreed to become an Olympic torch bearer, the hip-hop star recalled an emotional, iconic moment watching Muhammad Ali light the cauldron at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Now, ...