Calvin Miller, author, speaker, pastor and seminary professor, died on Sunday in Birmingham, Ala., from complications after heart surgery he had less than two weeks ago. He was one week shy of his 76th birthday.
At the 2012 Olympics, runners from all over the world gathered to compete in the 400 meter race, one of track’s most exciting events. Eric Eichinger just returned from the London 2012 Olympic games where the British were fondly recalling their last 400 meter champion, Eric Liddell.
Evangelist Billy Graham returned to his home in Montreat, N.C., Tuesday following a two-day stay at Mission Hospital in nearby Asheville. Graham was admitted to the hospital early Sunday morning and was treated for bronchitis.
The high jump finals are set for Tuesday, and American Jamie Nieto is in the hunt for a medal after just missing out in 2004.
A doping scandal cost the US 4×400 meter men’s relay team their 2000 Olympic gold medal. Days before the Games began, the International Olympic Committee stripped Team USA of its award and gave it to the Nigerian team 12 years after the event was run.
Life as an Olympic hopeful can end as tragically as a Shakespearean play.
