Archives
53 results total, viewing 1 - 25
Even the New York Times couldn’t resist giving it a screaming headline on their SportsMonday front-page: ‘Petty Wins Daytona After Leaders Crash
more
2/14/25
|
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.
more
By Hank Gola
|
2/7/25
|
On the morning of February 15, 1961, Sabena flight 548 was making its long approach into Zaventem Airport in Brussels, Belgium.
more
1/31/25
|
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!”
more
By Richard Naughton
|
1/26/25
|
In the early 1970s, the New York Cosmos were an unremarkable, semi-professional soccer club playing a game that most Americans never cared for.
more
1/19/25
|
Before racking up over 1,000 tackles and winning Super Bowl XXIX, Gary Plummer was an undrafted nose tackle-turned-linebacker who played
more
By Mike Damergis and Robert Hughes
|
1/10/25
|
In 1980, the intersection of sports and politics came to a bizarre head. Faced with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, President Jimmy
more
1/3/25
|
The Polish press called it ‘Kentomania!’, an American basketball player who filled arenas beyond capacity and dazzled audiences
more
12/27/24
|
“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
more
12/20/24
|
The game had everything - great teams, players, coaches, passionate fans, spectacular touchdowns, five lead changes, and a thrilling conclusion!
more
By Roger Gordon
|
12/13/24
|
In the late 1940s, German brothers Adolf and Rudolf Dassler parted ways in a bitter sibling quarrel.
more
12/6/24
|
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 …
more
11/29/24
|
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
more
11/24/24
|
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
more
11/17/24
|
Before he became America’s 45th Commander-in-Chief, and 47th President-elect, Donald Trump was many things in the business world.
more
11/8/24
|
“Bowling has been a great American pastime for well over 100 years,” explains Tom Clark, Commissioner of the Professional Bowlers Association
more
11/3/24
|
Forty-seven years ago, Reggie Jackson knocked 3 home runs in the 6th game of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers,
more
10/27/24
|
It’s more than 5 decades since ping-pong turned the tables on America’s frozen relations with the People’s Republic of China.
more
10/24/24
|
Following my father's death in 1991, I discovered a simple locked box that had been my dad’s when he was young.
more
By Kevin Shea
|
10/13/24
|
Authors, Mark and Matthew Jacob, are out with a new book, ‘Globetrotter: How Abe Saperstein Shook Up the World of Sports’.
more
10/6/24
|
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?”
more
9/28/24
|
On December 15, 1930, tea mogul Thomas Lipton stepped into New York’s City Hall to collect a trophy. Mayor Jimmy Walker
more
9/20/24
|
“College football began with the Northeast schools and Yale had the best athletes,” says Rich Marazzi, author of two books on the subject
more
9/13/24
|
In January, 1977, William 'Slew' Hester, President of the United States Tennis Association (USTA), was flying into LaGuardia Airport
more
9/6/24
|
This article is a republished tribute to Chet Coppock, a renowned sports broadcaster and personality who sent us the nostalgic piece
more
By Chet Coppock
|
8/30/24
|
Currently viewing stories posted within the past year.
For all older stories, please use our advanced search.
For all older stories, please use our advanced search.