Forgotten Miracle

February 28, 2017 0

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…

Eddie Murray

February 24, 2017 0

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 Squash

February 23, 2017 0

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,…

Julius Erving

February 22, 2017 0

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…

Original Six

February 21, 2017 0

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,…

Bob Richards

February 20, 2017 0

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…

Red Barber

February 17, 2017 0

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

February 16, 2017 0

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

February 15, 2017 0

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…