Greg Louganis

January 29, 2016 0

Happy 56th birthday to the greatest diver of all time. Gregory Efthimios Louganis was born in El Cajon, California, on this date in 1960 to…

1975 Masters

January 28, 2016 0

The Augusta National Golf Club has played host to the Masters Tournament 79 times. The most exciting of them all took place in 1975. The…

Johan Cruyff

January 27, 2016 0

Hendrik Johannes Cruyff is one of the most important footballers in history. Born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 25, 1947, on a street five minutes away…

Rod Laver

January 27, 2016 0

Rodney George Laver is the only player in tennis history to win two Grand Slams. Born in rural Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, on August 9, 1938,…

May Walsh

January 26, 2016 0

Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh-Jennings are the greatest tandem in beach volleyball history. Born in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1977, Misty Elizabeth May…

John Mayasich

January 25, 2016 0

John Edward Mayasich is the greatest American-born ice hockey player of all time. Born in Eveleth, Minnesota—home of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame—on…

Brett Hull

January 22, 2016 0

Brett Andrew Hull joined his dad in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009, becoming the first father-and-son pair of players ever inducted. Born in…

Babe Didrickson Zaharias

January 21, 2016 0

Mildred Ella Didrikson is America’s all-but-forgotten sports superstar. Born in the Gulf Coast city Port Arthur, Texas, on June 26, 1911, Mildred was the sixth…

Sandy Koufax

January 19, 2016 0

Sanford Koufax pitched 12 big league seasons for the Dodgers, first in Brooklyn and later in Los Angeles. In the second half of his career,…

Anthony Robles

January 18, 2016 0

Wrestlers are notoriously tough, courageous and iron-willed. Anthony Marc Robles is all of these. Born in La Mirada, California, on July 20, 1988, he entered…