Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards made history at the 1988 Winter Olympics in more ways than one after soaring into the hearts of a nation. The 62-year-old became the first athlete to ...

Michael “Eddie the Eagle” Edwards became an iconic English ski-jumper in the 1980s and his legacy lives on at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. In 1988, Edwards became the first competitor since 1928 to ...

From a cult hero ski jumper, to African bobsleigh pioneers and more, here are half a dozen unexpected heroes ...

Ski jumper Eddie 'the Eagle' Edwards tells his story of how he made the Calgary 1988 Winter Olympic Games less than two years ...

Edwards arrived in Calgary to a sign welcoming “Eddie the Eagle” — unaware it was for him. Reporters loved his enthusiastic underdog determination and physical appearance. He was hefty by ski jumping ...

A quarter century ago British plasterer-turned-ski jumper Michael Edwards made a name for himself—Eddie the Eagle—by not skiing or jumping very well at the Winter Olympics in Calgary. Short on talent ...

GLOUCESTER, England -- Waiting in the wings on opening night of "Beauty and the Beast," Michael Edwards felt the nerve-wracking jitters he experienced four decades earlier staring through thick ...