In a Summer Games that saw Marion Jones win a record five medals and the women’s soccer team settle for the silver medal, it was a Greco-Roman wrestler from the Wyoming farming town of Afton who stole ...

The Olympics are the home of miracles. When it comes to Olympic upsets, the United States’ 1980 “Miracle on Ice” against the Soviet Union tops the list. A team of mostly amateur players taking down ...

Rulon Gardner cherishes the gold medal that he won as a Greco-Roman heavyweight wrestler in the 2000 Olympics at Sydney, Australia, as one of the biggest thrills of his life. Gardner wasn’t given much ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Rulon Gardner is not your average guy: He owns one gold medal, and just nine toes. The Olympic bling came via a stunning upset four years ago in Sydney, where Gardner went from ...

KIMBERLY, Idaho That high school counselor must feel pretty stupid. In 1989, Star Valley (Wyo.) senior Rulon Gardner was told that college was a waste of his time. Gardner had struggled with reading ...