A healthcare program founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Dr. Steve Perlman over 20 years ago was a game changer and life saver for so many. ESPN contributor and Special Olympics International ...

AB Buckner loves being a Special Olympics coach. Putting a smile on the athletes' faces is only one of the perks.

It'll be the first year middle school teams will participate in the basketball event at Plainfield South High School.

Ever since the first Olympic games in 776 B.C., people have enjoyed the rigor and reward of athletic competition. Millennia ...

Kennedy Library, Boston. Eunice Kennedy began a sports program for mentally disabled children than grew into the international Special Olympics. President Ronald Reagan recognized her work with ...

They fall and they get back up – in the cold, no less." Founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in 1968, Special Olympics was originally a day camp in her backyard for children with intellectual ...

With the Biden, Kennedy, and Shriver family there ... “And as we say in the Special Olympics ‘go for the gold’ so why don’t we apply that to winning in life?” For more on her journey ...