As Atlanta marks the 30th anniversary of the 1996 Summer Olympics, former Atlanta Mayor and U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young is sharing new details about one of the most memorable moments in Olympic ...

Battling the effects of Parkinson's Disease, Muhammad Ali surprised the world as he lit the Olympic Cauldron at the 1996 ...

Sunday marked 30 years since boxing legend Muhammad Ali lit the cauldron to mark the start of the 1996 Summer Olympics in ...

The Atlanta Olympics — the Centennial Games, America’s Games — opened on July 19, 1996. As we hit the 30th anniversary of the ...

Muhammad Ali provided an iconic torch-lighting, Celine Dion performed and, on July 19, 1996, Atlanta was the center of the ...

In July and August 1996, the world sent its finest athletes to Atlanta. Some athletes came as familiar names from familiar nations. Others had toiled in obscurity. Each came proudly to Atlanta, and ...

Plenty of traditions will take place before the 2024 Olympics get underway. None, though, are as symbolic as lighting the Olympic cauldron. Every two years, host nations put on an immersive ceremony ...

Let the Games begin — officially — with the lighting of the Olympic Cauldron. Since 1936, the Olympic torch relay has served as a reminder to the world of the rich traditions tying the modern Games to ...