This is the seventh in a series by The Athletic looking back at the winners of each men’s World Cup. The previous six articles have looked at Uruguay in 1930, Italy in 1934 and Italy again in 193 8, ...

Two days after the monorail was christened in Seattle, the fair billed as Century 21 Exposition — which opened 59 years ago Wednesday — represented 59 countries underneath the shadow of the newly ...

Fifty years ago, John Glenn orbited the earth, the Rocket entered the world and a New York baseball team burned up on re-entry to the National League. That summer, Americans could hear Elvis Presley ...

“Lads, I hope you do well, score lots of baskets,”…. less than inspiring words from Colombia’s President Alberto Lleras as Colombia’s soccer team departed on its first ever World Cup appearance in ...

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - In October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union were at a stand-off for 13 days. U.S. spy planes ...

USA Track & Field busted-its-buttons over America’s dominance at the World Athletics Championships ending last Sunday in Eugene, Oregon. Team USA won the event’s first team trophy “with an astounding ...

This is the third of a five-part series on the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. The series revisits The Seattle Times’ souvenir edition that was published before the fair opened on ...