U.S. women's hockey goalie Gwenyth Philips honors her Ohio hometown with a unique brick design on her Olympic helmet.

Gwyn Phillips, a goalie with the U.S. women’s hockey team, grew up in Athens where she began developing her hockey skills on the ice at Bird Ice Arena.

FILE - Lambis Nikolaou, head of the Greek Olympic Committee, right, hands the Olympic Flame to Mitt Romney, head of the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, at the Panathenian stadium in Athens on Dec. 3, 2001. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, file) LAUSANNE ...

The Olympic anthem, first performed at the 1896 Athens Games, was featured at the 2026 Milan Cortina Opening Ceremony. Here’s the history behind the song. (AP photo)

A local athlete is two wins away from bringing home a gold medal from the Winter Olympics and is the first Olympian ever from the city, according to Athens Mayor Steve Patterson.

Monmouth College chef Kim Fornero looks back on cooking for broadcasters and journalists at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.