Jesse Owens

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What do you get when you cross a robot with the tail of a leaping lizard? A "Tailbot." Research published Wednesday in the journal Nature shows how scientists at the University of California, Berkeley developed an active "tail" for a robotic car called...

Florida State has some new hardware coming soon to Tallahassee. Sprinter and long-jumper Ngoni Makusha on Wednesday night earned collegiate track's highest individual honor when he was given the Bowerman Award at an event in San Antonio, Texas. Named...

There are more than 175 movies-under-the-stars screenings scheduled for Chicago's parks this summer. Most will feature standard Hollywood fare, from "Meet the Parents" at Fulton River Park July 26 to "Shrek Forever After" at Smith Park Aug. 11. But...

Some Dallas County residents were hoping to get their hands on a rental assistance application.  The large crowd formed at the Jesse Owens Memorial Complex in Red Bird.  Applications were handed out two hours early and that caused some chaos, confusion,...

1492: Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that took him to the present-day Americas. 1811: Elisha Otis, founder of the elevator company that still bears his name, was born in Halifax, Vt. 1936: Jesse Owens of the United States...

But while training in Clermont this month, Tyson Gay clocked the world's current fastest time at 9.79. Usain Bolt holds the record at 9.58....

TALLAHASSEE — Well, I had my first opportunity to hear from Florida State track star Ngoni Makusha earlier Wednesday afternoon, and, as it turns out, it's probably my last chance to hear from him — at least as a student. During a 12:30 p.m....

The Big Ten Network will broadcast the fourth annual BTN Awards Show live at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time Monday -- an event that recognizes the best of Big Ten Conference sports in 2010-11. Penn State is represented with four nominees:......

It was 75 years ago today that Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal in the 1936 Berlin Olympics and shamed Nazi leader Adolph Hitler....

SOCCER/FOOTBALL LEGEND: The sport apparel company Adidas got its name from the acronym "All Day I Dream About Soccer" (or, in the alternative, "All Day I Dream About Sport"). STATUS: Both false. In the world of product names, quite often......

HOCKEY LEGEND: A hockey player was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for trying to switch to another military hockey team during World War II. STATUS: I'm Going With True. On Oct. 13, 1943, 29-year-old Walter "Turk" Broda was......