Jim Ryun

April 29, 2016 0

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 Alworth

April 28, 2016 0

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,…

Graeme Obree

April 27, 2016 0

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…

Organ in Baseball

April 26, 2016 0

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…

Harlem Globetrotters

April 25, 2016 0

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…

Joe Frazier

April 22, 2016 0

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

April 21, 2016 0

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…

Jennie Finch

April 20, 2016 0

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…

Boston Marathon

April 19, 2016 0

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 Stockton

April 18, 2016 0

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. …