Last Thursday, Geno Auriemma celebrated his 63rd birthday. Tonight, he goes for college basketball history. Before Auriemma arrived at the University of Connecticut, the women’s…
Bill Johnson is the first American male to win an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing. In January 1984, 23-year-old Bill Johnson burst onto the…
ABC’s Wide World of Sports was one of the most ground-breaking programs in sports television history. Former Madison Avenue advertising executive Edgar Scherick created Wide…
The Open Championship is the oldest and most international tournament in professional golf. Since 1860, the Open has been played over some of the world’s…
Christian Stangl is the only person in history to ascend the three highest mountains on all seven continents – the Triple Seven Summits. There are…
Roger S. Penske is easily the winningest and most important car owner in the history of motorsports. A perfectionist who always seems to be one…
Pat Riley is the first North American sports figure to win a championship as a player, assistant, head coach and an executive. As a player,…
Edwin Moses was the most unbeatable athlete in the history of track and field. Moses won three Olympic medals, two world championships, three world cups,…
The Arizona Cardinals are the oldest team in the National Football League. The Morgan Athletic Club was a neighborhood tackle football team that formed on…