The City of Atlanta is just days away from the 30th anniversary of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games and Channel 2’s Fred Blankenship is taking a look at the major part local universities played. At the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sunday marks a major milestone in Atlanta's history. It was 30 years ago that the opening ceremonies for the summer Olympics took ...

© 2026 Yahoo. All rights reserved. The 1996 Olympic cauldron, famously lit by Muhammad Ali, will be moved to Centennial Park in the heart of downtown Atlanta. The ...

The single most enduring moment of the Atlanta Games came at the climax of the Opening Ceremony — Muhammad Ali, his body slowed by Parkinson's and shaking, emerging from the darkness to light the ...

Atlanta marks 30 years since the historic 1996 Centennial Olympics games opened. The historic sports footprint continues to evolve downtown while sparking controversy over plans to relocate the iconic ...

From left, "The Games in Black & White" writer George Hirthler chats with Billy Paye and Andrew Young at the April 26 film premiere at the Rialto Center for the Arts. (Photo by Delaney Tarr.) On July ...

Georgia native Big Boi is helping produce a documentary about the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The film will focus on Atlanta’s transformation before the Games and the city’s cultural changes. The ...

At the time, it was the longest Olympic torch relay in the U.S., an epic buildup for Atlanta, the first American city in the South to play host to the Games.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Olympic Cauldron from the 1996 Atlanta Games will be moved from Summerhill to Centennial Olympic Park, giving one of the ...