The greatest miler in American track history turns 69 today. James Donald Ryun was born in Wichita, Kansas, on this date in 1947. After being…
Lance Dwight Alworth is the only player in pro football history to be elected to both the AFL and NFL All-Time Teams. Born in Houston,…
The Flying Scotsman is one of the most unorthodox athletes in the history of cycling. Graeme Obree was born in Nuneaton, a small town in…
Not only is Chicago the City of Broad Shoulders, it is also the home of organ music in sports. In the early decades of the…
The Harlem Globetrotters are the most famous basketball team of all time. The Savoy Big Five was a basketball team founded on the south side…
Billy Joe Frazier never got his due as one of the great heavyweight fighters of the 20th Century. Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, January 12, 1944,…
American Pharoah is the only horse in the history of American thoroughbred racing to win the Grand Slam. Foaled at Tom VanMeter’s Stockplace Farm in…
Born into a baseball-loving family in La Mirada, California—a town bordering Los Angeles and Orange Counties–on September 3, 1980, Jennie is the youngest of Doug…
The Boston Marathon is the oldest and fastest marathon in the United States. “Marathon” comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger, who was…
John Houston Stockton giveth and he taketh away. The greatest passer in NBA history finished his career as the league’s all-time assist leader, with 15,806. …