The “Heidi Game” forever changed televised football in America. On November 17, 1968, the New York Jets played the Raiders in the Oakland Coliseum. It…
Earvin Johnson, Jr. revolutionized the point guard position in the game of basketball. Born on this date in 1959 to working class parents in Lansing,…
Petros Sampras held the No. 1 ranking in men’s tennis for six straight years, more than any other player in the history of the sport.…
Augusta, Georgia is commonly thought of as the serene, genteel home of the Masters golf tournament. Rarely is it associated with one of professional wrestling’s…
Walter Perry Johnson may be the greatest right handed pitcher ever to play major league baseball. Born in Humboldt, Kansas on November 6, 1887, he…
Frederick Carlton Lewis may be the greatest athlete in track and field history. Born in Birmingham, Alabama on July 1, 1961, he grew up in…
The greatest Jamaican-born basketball player in history turns 53 years old today. Patrick Aloysius Ewing, Sr. was born in Kingston, Jamaican on this date in…
Jeffrey Michael Gordon began racing quarter midgets at the age of five. By six, he had won 35 main events and set five track records.…
