A Native American and former Marine who won a gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics is teaming up with an author and illustrator to publish a children’s picture book about his life. In one of sporting ...

Billy Mills didn’t know anything about having problems with his blood-sugar levels, so how could his high school track coach have known? Tony Coffin, after whom the sports complex on the campus of ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on July 29, 2021. Find that audio here. It was one of the greatest Olympic upsets ever: Billy Mills came from nowhere to win the 10,000 meter race at the ...

Billy Mills throws his arms into the air as he hits the finish line to win a gold medal for the U.S. in the Olympic 10,000 meter run, in this Oct. 14, 1964 file photo in Tokyo. Olympic gold medalist ...

NEW THIS MORNING. LEGENDARY OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST BILLY MILLS IS SHARING HIS STORY IN A WHOLE NEW WAY. MILLS WON THE 10,000M AT THE 1964 OLYMPICS, BECOMING THE SECOND INDIGENOUS ATHLETE TO WIN GOLD.

Billy Mills turns 87 next week. Gerry Lindgren is 79. Dear friends since they were 1964 Olympians — Tokyo roomies — they also share a golden memory that turns 60 Friday. On that day — June 27, 1965 — ...

Billy Mills was running the 10,000-meter race at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. It was the final lap, and he was behind the pack. But in the final stretch, Mills moved to lane 4 and began passing the other ...

In recent years, this Olympic legend has been honored by President Obama, revered by Native American groups and cheered amid his moving speeches. But Saturday, his only identification was a white name ...

LAWRENCE — To Billy Mills' left sits Ashley Sell, a young woman who feels like she owes him everything. Sell is a senior at Kansas. She has received a $1,500 scholarship from Mills the past two years ...

Billy Mills is an inspiration to many for his Olympic heroics. Friday, he was honored at a banquet by the New Mexico Haskell Club. Mills is the second Native American in history to win an Olympic Gold ...

WEBVTT TOMORROW. ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR AT THE GATHERING OF NATIONS, IS BILLY MILLS. HE'S THE SECOND NATIVE AMERICAN TO WIN AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ANNA ...

BOX ELDER – Before the day’s festivities began, Billy Mills paid a visit to Julie MacDonald’s classroom at Box Elder School Tuesday afternoon. Smiles and wide eyes were abound as the 1964 Olympic gold ...