Two decades before the “Miracle On Ice” captured the gold medal for the Americans in Lake Placid, New York, there was another team making hockey…
Happy Birthday to the greatest pass-catching tight end in pro football history. Tony Gonzalez caught 1,325 NFL passes—second only to Jerry Rice for most of…
Eddie Murray has driven in more runs than any switch-hitter in baseball history. And that includes Mickey Mantle. In 21 big league seasons, Murray averaged…
Trinity College holds the longest winning streak in the history of varsity intercollegiate athletics. Trinity College is a selective liberal arts college located in Hartford,…
The Doctor turns 67 today. Julius Erving was the most graceful athlete of his generation. A mid-air maestro and innovator who changed the way the…
The Original Six is a term used to describe the six teams that made up the National Hockey League from 1942 through 1967. In 1917,…
Robert Eugene Richards is the only man to win two Olympic gold medals in the pole vault. A versatile athlete, Richards made three U.S. Olympic…
Walter Lanier Barber changed the vocabulary of baseball. Nicknamed “Red” for the color of his hair, Barber was a pioneering sportscaster for over three decades. …
Apolo Ohno is the most decorated American athlete in Winter Olympics history. Ohno competed for the United States in short track speed skating in three…
Seattle Slew is the only undefeated Triple Crown winner in thoroughbred racing history. Foaled at White Horse Acres Farms near Lexington, Kentucky, on this date…