In 776 B.C.E., spectators gathered in Olympia, Greece, to watch a simple footrace. Thus began the ancient Olympics, the classical sporting competition that continued for more than a millennium ...

The Olympics that we know and love today trace their roots to ancient times, as far back as 776 B.C. in Olympia, Greece.

Competing in the Olympic Games, for ancient Greek communities, signaled shared values and identity. From competition to social class. There’s a kind of simple beauty to the idea of the games.

The sports: The 2016 Olympic athletes will compete in 42 different sports, but ancient Olympics started with only one, the stade race, in 776 B.C., for which athletes would just run the length of ...

The ancient Greeks staged games every four years, for over a thousand years, on the field of Olympia, in the southern part of modern Greece. The ancient Olympics were finally abolished as being ...

During the ancient Olympics, athletes, their fathers and trainers made oaths not to “sin against the games.” But some didn’t take this oath as seriously as others.

The Rio Olympics will be the 31st Summer Games of the modern era, but they have a long way to go before they can compete with nearly 12 centuries of ancient Olympics.

The modern-day Olympic Games are quite different from the ancient ones. Here's when they first started. Sports newsletter 🏈's best, via 📧 Studio IX 🏀⚽️🥇 KPMG Women's PGA ⛳ ...

Naked runners, deadly competitions and banquets to honor the gods: The original Olympics were far different from the modern Games.

The Olympics that we know and love today trace its roots to ancient times, as far back as 776 B.C. in Olympia, Greece.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)Joel Christensen, Brandeis University(THE CONVERSATION) The 2020 Tokyo Olympics ...