This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. OLYMPIC LEGEND: A cigarette lighter was once used to re-light the ...

The Olympic torch flickered out as former Soviet world swimming champion Shavarsh Karapetyan carried it through the Kremlin gates during a nationally televised ceremony on Sunday. A few steps later, ...

Well, this probably hasn't happened before: The Olympic torch, which arrived in Moscow from Greece this week, blew out—and was relit by a plainclothes officer's cigarette lighter. And so the relay ...