If you're an American track and field fan of a certain age or just a fan of its history, you certainly know Florence Griffith-Joyner and her sister-in-law, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, two women who set ...

(Reuters) - On a warm July 1983 day in the Colorado mountains, a slender American woman literally reached the peak of female sprinting when she smashed the women's 100 metres world record that German ...

"Changed the Game" is a Yahoo Sports series dedicated to the women who are often overlooked, under-appreciated or simply deserve more flowers for their contributions to women's sports history. If ...