Students and volunteers race during the Atlanta Public Schools 30th Special Olympics at Lakewood Stadium on Wednesday. The district has hosted the event in some form since 1981. (Ben Gray for the AJC) ...

Swimmer Janet Evans won three gold medals and set a world record at the 1988 Olympics, and she won a silver and a gold in 1992. Atlanta Was a Special Olympics for Evans - Los Angeles Times ...

MISSION The mission of Special Olympics Georgia is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for all children and adults with intellectual ...

ATLANTA — Hundreds of special athletes from several metro Atlanta schools had the opportunity to shine in the annual Special Olympics. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ...

Special Olympics Nebraska says that when screening athletes, it finds that more than half are wearing the wrong shoe size.

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The Polar Plunge is an annual fun way to raise money for Special Olympics Georgia. Law enforcement from across the metro area took a plunge at Acworth Beach Saturday morning.

Jewell was working as a security guard at the ‘96 Olympics, when he noticed a green pack sitting under a bench in Centennial Olympic Park in Downtown Atlanta just before 1 a.m. on July 27 ...

Inside Atlanta Olympics Bombing 28 Years Later, the Tragedy that Killed 2 and Unjustly Vilified a Hero. Liam Quinn. Sat, July 27, 2024 at 3:28 PM UTC. 4 min read.

When staging the Olympic Games, it's crucial for the host country to showcase its unique culture and flair. The last time the United States hosted the Summer Olympics was in Atlanta, Georgia, in ...

From Atlanta to Paris: Lawyers Watch This Year's Olympics With an Eye to 1996 "Because we were hosting the Centennial Games, we were very, very hopeful that every country came—and they did, even ...

Annual Cop On A Rooftop event will benefit Special Olympics 00:31. CHICAGO (CBS) --Back for its 20th year, police departments across the area are hosting the 'Cop On A Rooftop' event.This year ...

The Polar Plunge is an annual fun way to raise money for Special Olympics Georgia. ... Lo Jelks, Atlanta’s first Black TV reporter, dead at 83. Drivers prepare for I-285 closure, ...