Jim Riggs, the late former Post-Journal sports editor, covered the United States hockey team’s victory over the Soviets at ...

Raised in Moscow within the Soviet sports system by parents who were accomplished athletes, Alex Ovechkin was given every chance to succeed at hockey and along the way showed he didn't need special ...

Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina is filled with a mixed sense of wonder and trepidation when she watches the gravity-defying and often treacherous routines of Simone Biles as the American set out to ...

The Russian grandmaster was famously defeated by American Bobby Fischer in 1972, at the height of the Cold War Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated in the so-called match ...

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — When he saw a group of Soviet soldiers on the street in East Berlin, Los Angeles Rams offensive lineman Irv Pankey had an idea. He wanted a fur hat, and offered an ...

During the Cold War, Soviet scientists and coaches developed a demanding and highly effective system of training for their elite special forces, Olympic wrestlers and national athletes. The ...