It’s 2 years since boxing legend, Marvelous Hagler, died at the age of 66. Sports History Weekly was one of the last publications to interview

For those who wonder why the country’s largest sports market hasn’t hosted a March Madness final since 1950, the answer lies

It’s one of humanity’s oldest sports, yet it was never organized until 2 men from a small town north of San Francisco took it from the backroom

In 2003, Adventure Sport Magazine named her the “Queen of Pain”. In 2004, Outside Magazine listed her as one

On the evening of May 3rd, 1989, Alexander Mogilny was celebrating his team’s sweeping victory at the Ice Hockey World Championships

There was a time when Israeli basketball was a fledgling enterprise like the Jewish state itself. In the early years, resources were limited

Even the New York Times couldn’t resist giving it a screaming headline on their ‘SportsMonday’ front-page: ‘Petty Wins Daytona

One of the leading NFL quarterbacks of the 1980s, Joe Theismann came out of Notre Dame as a Heisman Trophy contender

One of the most storied rivalries in sports history became so ingrained in popular culture that it was even recreated as a Broadway show

Situated in the trendy Brooklyn neighborhood of DUMBO, Gleason’s Gym is the oldest active boxing gym in America.

“I love public speaking. I get to perform and I never get hurt,” says Karl Mecklenburg with a touch of humor that he typically reserves

In 1985, Libby Riddles became the first woman to conquer the Iditarod, the world’s most prestigious dog sled race.

The Polish press called it ‘Kentomania!’, an American basketball player who filled arenas beyond capacity

In 1984, Scott Hamilton became the first American male figure skater to win gold after a 24-year national drought.

In 1969, at the height of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam, a little-known conflict was simmering in the Western Hemisphere.

“There is no time to retire,” says Giacomo Agostini, the most successful motorcycle racer in MotoGP history.

A giant in sports journalism and one of the last remaining links to the craft’s golden age, Jerry Izenberg began his career when

The country that invented, codified and spread the most popular sport in the world has only one World Cup victory.