As Joan Benoit Samuelson negotiated the hairpin turn into the Coliseum tunnel, ran past the USC locker room and onto the stadium’s red synthetic track for the final 400 meters of the 1984 Olympic ...

Sure, Joan Benoit Samuelson has run a lot of marathons. In fact, at 54, she's still running enough to go through a couple of pairs of shoes every month and a half. But what makes her famous — and what ...

The skin on Joan Benoit Samuelson's face isn't as taut as it was in 1984, back when she became a pioneer in track and field by winning the first women's Olympic marathon in Los Angeles. Smile lines ...