He opened the Jesse Owens Dry Cleaning Company with a big sign ... In 1979, President Jimmy Carter gave him a Living Legacy Award. When Owens died of lung cancer the next year at 66, the New ...

Here's every individual event champion from indoor track and field and outdoor track and field in NCAA history.

This is the guy who showed the master race they were the minor race. Jesse Owens was an authentic American hero from then on," says Pulitzer-Prize winning columnist Jim Murray on ESPN Classic's ...

For most athletes, Jesse Owens' performance one spring afternoon in 1935 would be the accomplishment of a lifetime. In 45 minutes, he established three world records and tied another. Owens won ...