Through her JJK Foundation, six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee empowers the youth of East St. Louis with her ...

Jackie Joyner-Kersee was an all-around athlete, but her explosiveness was her main weapon. It was into such a feeling of prosperity that a baby girl was born to the Joyner family on the mean ...

Kersee, who will be the featured speaker at the RVA Sports Awards, set the world record in the heptathlon during the 1988 Olympic Games in South Korea.

Kersee, a six-time Olympic medalist, is a beacon of hope for the youth of East St. Louis through her JJK Foundation.

Three-time gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee made an entrance at the awards show, held at Cipriani South Street in New York City on Dec. 4, wearing an elegant black dress and dazzling ankle boots.

Jackie Joyner did become the first lady of something: Track and Field. Jackie Joyner-Kersee was the first woman to register more than 7,000 points in the heptathlon. She came to dominate the ...