On April 30, 1939, Lou Gehrig played his last baseball game. Two years later, the greatest Captain the New York Yankees had ever produced
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One of the most storied rivalries in sports history became so ingrained in popular culture that it was even recreated as a Broadway show
Two questions arose after star pitcher, Rube Waddell, missed the 1905 World Series:
Did he skip the Fall Classic because he injured his
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“The kids were cruel and it was hurtful. I got picked on a lot,” says Muggsy Bogues in conversation with Rmag. At 5’3, Bogues was the shortest player
On the night of May 25th, 1965, photographers John Rooney of the Associated Press and Neil Leifer of Sports illustrated snapped similar pictures
In November, 1959, America’s reigning amateur ice hockey champions, the Brockton ‘Wetzells’ of Massachusetts, accepted an invitation to play
Even the New York Times couldn’t resist giving it a screaming headline on their SportsMonday front-page: ‘Petty Wins Daytona After Leaders Crash
Awash by the floodlights at Miami’s Orange Bowl, Benny Babula leaned forward at the waist and contemplated the 22 yards between him and the goal post.
On the morning of February 15, 1961, Sabena flight 548 was making its long approach into Zaventem Airport in Brussels, Belgium.
Fresh from his 1974 US Open victory against Australia’s Ken Rosewall, Jimmy Connors came off the court at Forest Hills and told his manager, “Get me Laver!”
In the early 1970s, the New York Cosmos were an unremarkable, semi-professional soccer club playing a game that most Americans never cared for.
Before racking up over 1,000 tackles and winning Super Bowl XXIX, Gary Plummer was an undrafted nose tackle-turned-linebacker who played
In 1980, the intersection of sports and politics came to a bizarre head. Faced with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, President Jimmy
The Polish press called it ‘Kentomania!’, an American basketball player who filled arenas beyond capacity and dazzled audiences
“Her legacy is everywhere you look,” says Glenn Stout, author of ‘Young Woman and the Sea’. In the late 1990s, Stout was working with David Halberstam
The game had everything - great teams, players, coaches, passionate fans, spectacular touchdowns, five lead changes, and a thrilling conclusion!