San Jose State is bringing back its storied men's track and field program known as Speed City three decades after it was disbanded, two sources told this news organization.
The school has scheduled a news conference Aug. 1 featuring Olympic stars Tommie Smith, John Carlos and Lee Evans and former professor Harry Edwards. The event is planned to be held by a campus statue that commemorates Smith and Carlos' historic black-gloved salute on the medal podium at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, according to an email from Paul I. Lanning, vice president of university advancement.The announcement will be held just ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Games on Aug.