COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — It was a decision that robbed hundreds of athletes of their once-in-a-lifetime chance at Olympic glory, and for more than four decades, it weighed heavily on the man who ...

Hirshland made the comments in a message to members of the 1980 US Olympic team, who missed out on competing in Russia as a result of the boycott instigated by US President Jimmy Carter. Her message ...

A children's book illustrator, Chizhikov is best known for bringing the iconic mascot to life at the Games which began 40 years ago this week. The decision to choose the bear for the mascot came as it ...

Navy blue warm up jacket with white stripes down the sleeves, white zipper front, turtleneck collar, and two side pockets. The back is embroidered in red and outlined in white 1980 [/] OLYMPICS [/] ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — It was a ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian illustrator who designed Misha, the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics that were boycotted by a slew of countries, died on Monday aged 84, a publisher of children's ...