The American men begins their quest for Olympic gold on Thursday against Latvia. After a two-and-a-half-year wait, Madison ...

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Olympic medals have what's known as a "melt value." But they're worth far more financially than their mineral contents, an auction expert notes.

At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, American Walter Winans took the podium and waved proudly to the crowd. He had already won two Olympic medals—a gold for sharpshooting at the 1908 London Games ...