What is a legacy? Is it shiny purple leotards, sparkling fingernails, a snappy nickname and cascading curls? Is it glittering medals, blazing world records, a jog with the president and a ...

Some athletes stand out. Others are outstanding. Precious few are both, yet neither statement comes close to summing up the impact Florence Griffith-Joyner made on the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.

Fashion plate. That’s how they remember her, this breathtakingly beautiful woman who was fleet of foot and flamboyant of dress. But to label her so somehow misses the point. Truth be told, Florence ...

City Center, 130 W. 55th St., between Sixth and Seventh avenues, (212) 581-1212. Season runs through Dec. 31. WHEN the Salt Lake City Olympic Arts Festival commissioned Judith Jamison to do a ballet ...

EUGENE, Ore. – For 33 years Florence Griffith Joyner’s 100-meter world record of 10.49 seconds has loomed over track and field like a bright star in the night sky, a giant glowing asterisk shining ...

When I first heard of Florence Griffith Joyner’s death, I felt utterly devastated. Luckily, I’ve never lost anyone very close to me. I’ve been blessed. But I have shared the world’s pain when someone ...