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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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,…
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…