Before the final rowing competition at the 1936 Olympics, UW crew coach Al Ulbrickson told the media if the Huskies didn’t win the gold medal in the men’s eight competition, he would quit his job.

Baker native Billy Brown wasn't the only Louisianan on the 1936 Olympic Track and Field Team. Three other Louisiana athletes joined him in the Berlin competition, and one even won a gold medal.

Nobody, however, poses a bigger threat to the boys from Washington than the leader of America’s Olympic committee, who appears unbothered as he tells their coach that, even though they won their era’s ...

Director George Clooney follows formula as college lads aim for gold at the 1936 Olympics. ‘The Boys in the Boat’ review: Rowing movie drifts from one sports cliche to the next - Chicago Sun-Times ...

Thanks to tectonic shifts in technology and training, Olympic-level rowing has come a long way since the University of Washington’s eight-man crew pulled off the ultimate underdog win at the ...

"Boys" takes us on that team's improbable journey to victory over better-funded collegiate rivals and, ultimately, Hitler's German team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

"Boys" takes us on that team's improbable journey to victory over better-funded collegiate rivals and, ultimately, Hitler's German team at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

Without an Olympic medal or even an actual Olympic fight record on his resume, King, who had been joined on the 1936 U.S. Olympic boxing team by two alternates from Detroit — featherweight Jimmy ...

George Clooney’s film covers a high water point when the University of Washington’s junior varsity crew paddled all the way to the 1936 Olympics. By Amy Nicholson When you purchase a ticket ...

Baker native Billy Brown wasn't the only Louisianan on the 1936 Olympic Track and Field Team. Three other Louisiana athletes joined him in the Berlin competition, and one even won a gold medal.

As the 2024 Paris Olympics take place, the 18 Black American Olympic team members from 1936, including Howell King, a welterweight boxer from Detroit who was denied an opportunity to compete in ...