Essex County

Since 1896, the U.S. has sent more than 9,000 athletes to the Winter and Summer Games. As illustrated by this map, which breaks down where those competitors were born by county per capita, every state has made a...

The parents answered their door one night last December and found themselves playing a scene from a gangster movie. There were two men standing on the doorstep of their home in an upper-middle-class suburb. The men...

Dan DotterweichCEDAR GROVE, N.J.Dotterweich, 85, set world 85-89 age-group swimming records in the 50-meter freestyle (43.86), 50 and 100 backstrokes (56.85 and 2:09.91) and 50 and 100 breaststrokes (57.53 and...

Joan Pavelich, 18, of University Hill (Vancouver) Secondary School, won the discus throw at the Mount San Antonio Relays at 169' 7½", breaking by 2" the meet record for the women's discus and setting a new Canadian...