U.S. Olympic Hall of Famer Bob Beamon. Photo Courtesy of Bob Beamon. Bob Beamon is an American Olympic Hall of Famer, who competed in the men’s long jump. He chatted about his historic jump and his ...

Bob Beamon and Stix Bones. Photo Credit: MarQ Brown, WhoShotYa! BK LLC. On Monday, August 12th, Olympic legend Bob Beamon and Stix Bones performed their music on “Good Day New York” along with The ...

The key to learning something new is total commitment. You've got to shut out the part of your brain that finds excuses. It's like when I was getting ready to take my long jump in the 1968 Olympics in ...

By Larry Schwartz Special to ESPN.com. Six seconds. That's all it took for Bob Beamon to leap into history. That's all it took for the slender 22 ...

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — From Jesse Owens to Bob Beamon to Carl Lewis and plenty more, Americans have ruled the men’s long jump throughout the history of the Summer Olympics, but there was no one ...

Track athlete Bob Beamon is probably best known for his world record, 29 feet, 2 1/2 inches long jump at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968. His world record jump stood for almost 23 years until it was ...

Forty-five years ago today, at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Bob Beamon, a lanky twenty-two year old from South Jamaica, Queens, won the gold medal in the long jump with a belief-defying jump ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The most memorable Olympic moments were also some of the ...