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 ...

SMITHTOWN, NY — FloJo, a 5-and-a-half-year-old female white and tan terrier mix, is the Smithtown Animal Shelter's Pet of the Week. She is "delectable," shelter staff said. "Named after the Olympic ...

Both the Weaver and Hartford Public girls track coaches remembered the same phenomenon the spring after the 1988 Olympics. The nails. The long, colorful, how- can-they-tie-their-shoelaces-with- them ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.