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The 1900 Yale Bulldogs football team. From 1872-1909, Yale dominated college football with a crushing record of 324-17-8. This year marks 150 years since the Ivy League institution played its first official game.
150 Years of Yale Football
“College football began with the Northeast schools and Yale had the best athletes,” says Rich Marazzi, author of two books on the subject more
Kathrine Switzer wearing #261 attacked by a race official from behind at the 1967 Boston Marathon. The pioneer runner became the first woman to officially compete at a marathon.
Kathrine Switzer, First Female Marathoner
There was a time when running a marathon was the bastion of men and allowing women to compete in the 26.2-mile race more
A jai-alai player scales the wall at Miami's Magic City, the last professional fronton left in the U.S. The sport is getting a business model makeover for a new generation of fans.
Putting the Swing Back in Jai-Alai
“We are the last professional fronton left in the United States,” says Scott Savin, chief operating officer of Magic City Casino more
Reggie Jackson, nicknamed 'Mr. October', driving one of his 3 home runs in Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, helping the Yankees defeat the LA Dodgers 4-2.
Recalling Reggie Jackson, ‘Mr. October’
Forty-five years ago, Reggie Jackson knocked 3 home runs in the 6th game of the World Series, catapulting the storied New York Yankees more
Brazilian F1 pilot, Ayrton Senna, shown in his car the weekend he was killed at the San Marino Grand Prix (May 1, 1994). The legendary driver's death, which remains a mystery, changed Formula One forever.
Ayrton Senna, Anatomy of a Crash
Beloved, respected, and even idolized, Ayrton Senna was one of the world’s leading drivers on the Formula One circuit when he met death more
Ben Chapman, Philadelphia Phillies manager who hurled unrelenting racial slurs from the bench at MLB's first black player, Jackie Robinson. His tactics eventually backfired when the majority of fans and Jackie's teammates rallied around him, solidifying the team and accepting him as a true Dodger.
The Most Bigoted Man in Baseball
He flung Nazi salutes at Jewish fans when fascism was on the rise and hurled racist epithets when MLB’s first black player took to the plate. more
DC United celebrating their 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy in the first ever championship game of MLS (1996).
The Incredible Comeback of Major League Soccer
Twenty years ago, Major League Soccer (MLS), the premier North American soccer league, was on life support. Financial losses were mounting, teams were folding more
Queen Elizabeth II attending a University of Maryland football game on October 19, 1957. It was Her Majesty's first visit to the United States and an opportunity to witness a quintessential American sport.
The Queen's Game
On October 19, 1957, a limousine motorcade rolled into Byrd Stadium at College Park, Maryland with two unlikely passengers more
Shaul Ladany (center) receiving his gold medal at the 1969 Maccabiah Games. A survivor of the Holocaust and the Munich Massacre, Ladany was a 2-time Olympian and former world champion in the 100-km racewalking event.
The Olympian Who Survived Munich & the Holocaust
Shaul Ladany is a walking miracle, literally and figuratively. The 86-year old Israeli is a 2-time Olympian who survived both more
A 1977 aerial view of the West Side Tennis Club, for decades the host of the US Open and its predecessor, the National Championships. In 1978, the event relocated to the newly-built USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows.
An Oilman Shapes the Future of the US Open
In January, 1977, William “Slew” Hester, President of the United States Tennis Association (USTA), was flying into LaGuardia Airport when he spotted the more
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