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The Sports Network
The Sports Network is a truly comprehensive sports-centered website. Covering sports throughout the world, content includes the latest headlines and scores, as well as focused looks at all major (and minor) professional sports, college...
Mex Connect
Mex Connect: Upsurge and Massacre in Mexico, 1968
This three-part investigation into the 1968 student massacre in Mexico city prior to the Olympic Games gives insight into their protest movement, the events of the Sad Night, and the lasting effects of the violence 30 years after the...
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Usa Gymnastics: Gabrielle Douglas
A bulleted list of data about Olympic gymnast Gabrielle Douglas, with links to videos of many of her competitive performances.
ESPN Internet Ventures
Espn: Joyner Kersee Completes Huge Leap
One of the greatest track and field athletes of all time, Jackie Joyner-Kersee won six Olympic medals. ESPN provides a profile of her life.
ESPN Internet Ventures
Espn: Owens Pierced a Myth
An ESPN article discusses how Jesse Owens proved Hitler wrong by winning the 1936 Olympics in Germany.
ESPN Internet Ventures
Espn: Thorpe Preceded Deion, Bo
Learn interesting facts about legendary athlete Jim Thorpe. He was voted the AP's "The Greatest Athlete of the First Half of the Century, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, a minor league baseball player, and an Olympic track...
CNN
Cnn: Newspaper Won't Identify Sources in Bombing
Remember Richard Jewell? He was the man accused of being the Olympic bomber by anonymous sources. Jewell was cleared and sued the paper for libel. Links to related stories allows viewers to follow Jewell's story.
Other
The German Way and More: Adolf Dassler
This brief biography includes a discussion of the life of the man who founded the company Adidas, as well as a discussion of how his shoes were worn by Olympic winner Jesse Owens.
University Press
University Press: Ancient Greece
Exhaustive and informative collection of information on ancient Greece arranged by topical area: art, architecture, history, the Olympics, wars, geography, mythology, people, and more.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Oscar De La Hoya
Wikipedia details the life and career of Oscar De La Hoya, the "Golden Boy," who won a 1992 Olympic Gold Medal in boxing to keep a promise to his dying mom.
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Artopia: Sculpture Critic: Coke Bottle by Finster
This eight-foot high plastic Coke bottle was a sculpture created for the 1996 Olympics, and is representative of outsider or folk art. The surface is painted with items that had meaning for the artist, Howard Finster. Students can read a...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Going for the Gold
Second graders read and create graphs based on Olympic data for 2014.
A&E Television
History.com: 2021 Events
2021 is nearly history. Take a look back at a year that saw political turmoil, the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, an unusual Olympic Games, devastating natural disasters, advances in space exploration and more.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics
See results for each of the snowboarding events at the 2006 Torino Games. Follow links to more information on the specific events: halfpipe, snowboard cross, and parallel giant slalom.
PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Olympic Challenge
Students familiar with basketball, football, and hockey skills are ready to participate in a variety of "presidential physical fitness tests." These include the basketball shot, the football toss, the floor hockey shot, and more.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: 10 Olympic Starters
These 10 questions encourage students to explore mathematical modelling in the context of several different sports including track and field athletics, shooting, football, tennis, basketball and gymnastics. This activity is designed to...