Owens’ Olympic gold medal sells for record $1.4M

An Olympic gold medal won by Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Games has sold for a record $1.4 million in an online auction. SCP Auctions said Pittsburgh Penguins co-owner Ron Burkle paid $1,466,574, the highest price for a piece of Olympic memorabilia. Owens won gold in the 100- and 200-meters, 400 relay and long jump at the games. According to the auction house based in Laguna Niguel, Calif., the medal is unidentifiable to a specific event. It said Owens gave the medal to his friend, dancer and movie star Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. The medal was sold by the estate of Robinson’s late widow. The whereabouts of the three other medals are unknown. – AP