"Changed the Game" is a Yahoo Sports series dedicated to the women who are often overlooked, under-appreciated or simply deserve more flowers for their contributions to women's sports history. What's ...

On Oct. 16, 1964, Wyomia Tyus lowered herself into the blocks inside the National Stadium in Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. 11.6 seconds later, she threw her torso across the finish line, ...

Wyomia Tyus slipped on a pair of black shorts for the Olympic 100m final in Mexico City in 1968, her own quiet way of protesting racial injustice. When she finished in world-record time (11 seconds ...

A pair of Adidas track cleats worn by Wyomia Tyus in the 1964 Tokyo XVIII Olympics. The shoes are predominantly white leather with three (3) blue leather stripes that run down the interior and ...

Another of the distinguished line of Tennessee State University athletes that included Hall of Famers Wilma Rudolph and Wyomia Tyus, Martha Watson dominated the American women's long jumping scene ...

There's no shortage of names when it comes to elite athletes who once called the Georgia high school landscape home. From legends like Ty Cobb, Herschel Walker, Fran Tarkenton, Clyde Frazier, Gwen ...

An Olympic Railway pass for the 1964 Tokyo XVIII Olympics issued to Wyomia Tyus by Japanese National Railways in November 1964. The pass is a folded booklet. The front and back covers of the pass are ...