PHILADELPHIA -- Pandemonium erupted just before 2 p.m. across the metal bleachers at historic Franklin Field on Saturday, making the stately old place vibrate and rattle. Throngs of yellow-and-green ...
In 1929, 50,000 people packed the stands at Franklin Field to watch Finnish nine-time Olympic gold medalist Paavo Nurmi compete in the Penn Relays. And though track and field greats such as Carl Lewis ...
World record holder in the 100 and 200 anchors a Jamaican quartet to a win in 400 relay. PHILADELPHIA — They began filling up the streets around the University of Pennsylvania’s Franklin Field hours ...
Usain Bolt won his third gold of the London games Saturday, anchoring a Jamaican team that set a world record in the men's 4x100m relay. Bolt, already a near-mythical figure in track and field, swept ...