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One of the greatest NFL quarterbacks of the 1980s, Joe Theismann came out of Notre Dame as a Heisman Trophy contender and an All-American in both football and academia.
He spent 12 years with the …
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11/29/24
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Beloved, respected, and even idolized, Ayrton Senna was one of the world’s leading drivers on the Formula One circuit when he met death on the track
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11/24/24
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In 1989, when Tracy Edwards made it known that she was entering the 32,000-mile Whitbread Round the World Race with an all-female yacht
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11/17/24
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Before he became America’s 45th Commander-in-Chief, and 47th President-elect, Donald Trump was many things in the business world.
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11/8/24
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“Bowling has been a great American pastime for well over 100 years,” explains Tom Clark, Commissioner of the Professional Bowlers Association
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11/3/24
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Forty-seven years ago, Reggie Jackson knocked 3 home runs in the 6th game of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers,
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10/27/24
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It’s more than 5 decades since ping-pong turned the tables on America’s frozen relations with the People’s Republic of China.
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10/24/24
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Following my father's death in 1991, I discovered a simple locked box that had been my dad’s when he was young.
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By Kevin Shea
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10/13/24
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Authors, Mark and Matthew Jacob, are out with a new book, ‘Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports’.
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10/6/24
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The toughest sport on dirt is planting its western roots in America’s biggest city. “Who ever thought there would be a PBR team in Brooklyn?”
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9/28/24
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On December 15, 1930, tea mogul Thomas Lipton stepped into New York’s City Hall to collect a trophy. Mayor Jimmy Walker
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9/20/24
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“College football began with the Northeast schools and Yale had the best athletes,” says Rich Marazzi, author of two books on the subject
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9/13/24
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In January, 1977, William 'Slew' Hester, President of the United States Tennis Association (USTA), was flying into LaGuardia Airport
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9/6/24
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This article is a republished tribute to Chet Coppock, a renowned sports broadcaster and personality who sent us the nostalgic piece
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By Chet Coppock
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8/30/24
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Pre-Castro Cuba had all the ripe conditions for a major league baseball franchise: tradition, talent, affiliations, and Latin America’s
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8/25/24
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In ‘Once Upon a Wheel', a 1971 documentary hosted by Hollywood icon Paul Newman, the famed actor likens the racetrack to “a theater
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8/18/24
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In late April of 2017, I had the good fortune to be introduced by Ray Frosti, a mutual friend, to 1974 National League Cy Young Award winner
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Rick Bueti
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8/11/24
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“The river never stops flowing and you can’t call time out,” says Joe Jacobi, slalom champion who won gold at the 1992 Olympics
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8/3/24
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Held outside Europe and the United States for the first time, the 1956 Summer Olympics took place in late November
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7/28/24
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Nearly 2 decades after the end of WWII and a dozen years after the Americans ended their occupation of Japan, the island nation
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7/21/24
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Remembered for his athleticism and accomplishments on the court, Pat Cash was one of the most prominent tennis figures of the 1980s.
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7/13/24
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Noted baseball historian and author, David Krell, is out with a new book, The Fenway Effect: A Cultural History of the Boston Red Sox
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By Adam Kluger
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7/7/24
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As a stadium manager, I’m painfully aware of all sorts of odd happenings that can delay a game. I thought I had seen it all
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By Matthew Kastel
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6/29/24
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Teodor Nastu didn’t tell his wife he was defecting when he arranged for an official trip to Greece from his native Romania in 1982.
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6/23/24
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Sixty-four years ago, Ben Hogan, Arnold Palmer, and Jack Nicklaus did battle at the feet of the Rocky Mountains
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6/17/24
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