Before the Jamaican bobsled team made its world debut in 1988, its dream of Olympic glory began with a makeshift sled and an unconventional training ground on Mirror Lake in Lake Placid. "I borrowed a ...

It's been 30 nearly years since the Jamaican men's bobsled team first stepped onto the track at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, inspiring viewers so much that their improbable story was turned into the ...

Perhaps you remember the underdog story of Jamaican bobsled team at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. Perhaps you at least remember the Hollywood movie it inspired. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "COOL RUNNINGS") DOUG ...

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For the first time in almost three decades, a four-man bobsled team from Jamaica will compete at the Olympics. On Monday, the Jamaica Olympic Association announced the exciting news on Twitter.

There’s a good chance Errol Kerr has heard all the bobsled jokes before. The mid-90s flick Cool Runnings did wonders for popularity of the 1988 Jamaican bobsled crew, and in a way he’s following in ...

One of the members of the iconic 1988 Jamaican bobsled team died last month due to COVID-19, according to The New York Times. Sam Clayton Jr., a longtime music producer and sound engineer, died on ...

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