A standard image on souvenir T-shirts and coffee mugs, it was a masterstroke of Olympics merchandising, made more remarkable because of its skillful execution by Leonid Brezhnev's Soviet government.

From a silver cup to a collection of papers, here are some of the most expensive pieces of Olympic memorabilia ever sold at auction.

The U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympics prevented these four Montana women from a shot at gold, but they had illustrious careers nonetheless.

On this day in 1980, President Jimmy Carter said that, in response to the December 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the United States would boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

In response to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, 14 countries including the Soviet Union, Cuba and East Germany boycotted the Games.

When Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics, games were being played not only in Soviet arenas but at the headquarters of the KGB. The Kremlin was determined to host an untarnished event after the ...

Names Jim Craig selling 1980 Olympic souvenirs By Mark Shanahan Globe Staff,May 20, 2016, 12:47 p.m. The goalie mask worn by Jim Craig during the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, N.Y. handout ...

When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. For the hundreds of American athletes who missed out on ...

Here's breaking down how the gold medals have been distributed by nation in the long history of the Summer Olympic Games going into Paris 2024.

The Russian illustrator who designed Misha, the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics that were boycotted by a slew of countries, died on Monday aged 84, a publisher of children’s books said.

With the Summer Games slated to kick off in Paris on Friday, the Olympics are a hot topic. That buzz extends to Olympic memorabilia: Last week, a torch and torchbearer’s uniform from the 2024 ...

The mascot of the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow was Misha the bear, still fondly remembered by Russians today. A marvel of Olympic marketing, the chubby iconic bear was designed by Viktor ...