As part of Minnesota's celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day on Wednesday, University of St. Thomas athletics administrator Amy Cooper received the Wilma Rudolph Courage Award.

Collins-Black told Sunday Morning the idea was inspired by his hunt for art dealer Forrest Fenn's treasure years ... a 1960 gold olympic mental won by sprinter sprinter Wilma Rudolph, and even ...

The first crash is on Wilma Rudolph Boulevard at Old Trenton Road and happened just before 7 p.m., CPD said. The crash involved two vehicles. One person from this crash has been flown to Nashville ...

She’s describing her new multimedia art project Remembering Wilma Rudolph, which will use puppets, paintings, and written and spoken text to tell the story of the famed Olympian, who overcame scarlet ...

Rudolph later became active in youth work, heading the Wilma Rudolph Foundation. She also became a motivational speaker and, in 1987, became head track coach at DePauw University. She was elected to ...

The fire department responded to a fire at Wheel Shop, 1655 Wilma Rudolph Blvd., around 11:30 a.m. Off-duty fire personnel were called in to assist battling the fire. A fire department spokesman ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — You can’t travel through the City of Clarksville and not feel Wilma Rudolph’s impact. From street signs to statues, she’s influenced many like Patti Marquess.

After an acting career that included playing the Olympic sprinter Wilma Rudolph in a TV movie, she became known as a director for her work at regional theaters. By Richard Sandomir The actor and ...

a biopic about track star Wilma Rudolph and the obstacles she faced to win three gold medals in the 1960 Olympics. In the television movie, Finney starred opposite Cicely Tyson, Jason Bernard ...

She was best known for portraying the title role in 1975’s “Wilma,” a made-for-television biopic about the first three-time female gold medalist Wilma Rudolph ... she was an artist-in ...

Shirley Jo Finney, a theater director and actress who portrayed Olympic gold medal sprinter Wilma Rudolph in the 1977 ... Arts degree from UCLA and was an artist-in-residence at several ...