PBS

Icons That Changed the Game: Florence Griffith Joyner

Jackie Joyner-Kersee on her sister-in-law and teammate Florence Griffith Joyner. Jackie Joyner-Kersee on her sister-in-law and teammate Florence Griffith Joyner’s remarkable career. She details how ...
AOL

Sprinters catching up to Flo-Jo’s hallowed 100, 200 world records that have stood since 1988

Florence Griffith Joyner set the 100 mark of 10.49 at the U.S. Olympic Trials and the 200 mark of 21.34 on her way to a gold medal at the Seoul Olympics. For generations of sprinters in the women’s ...
PBS

Icons That Changed the Game

Icons That Changed the Game explores the prolific careers of Simone Biles, Serena Williams, Florence Griffith Joyner, Chris Evert, and Martina Navratilova. In each episode, fellow female sports icons ...
The New York Times

Florence Griffith Joyner

She revolutionized women’s sprinting with her speed and flamboyant fashion sense, and was a three-time gold medalist at the 1988 Summer Olympics. By Jeré Longman The tennis champion is changing the ...
Vogue

From the Archives: The Fast—and Fashionable—Florence Griffith Joyner

“Go with the Flo,” by Stephanie Mansfield, was originally published in the April 1989 issue of Vogue. For more of the best from Vogue’s archive, sign up for our Nostalgia newsletter here. She streaked ...
Washington Times

Sprinters catching up to Flo-Jo’s hallowed 100, 200 world records that have stood since 1988

For generations of sprinters in the women’s 100 meters, 10.49 seconds is the world record they’ve been chasing since 1988. For Al Joyner, it’s a time he sees everywhere he looks. Like the other day ...