Michael Phelps

June 30, 2016 0

Happy 31st birthday to the most decorated Olympian of all time. Michael Fred Phelps II was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on this date in 1985, as…

Dan Dierdorf

June 29, 2016 0

Thomas Wolfe wrote You Can’t Go Home Again. Mr. Wolfe never met Dan Dierdorf. Daniel Lee Dierdorf was born in Canton, Ohio–home of the Pro…

Tim Duncan

June 28, 2016 0

A fear of sharks drove Timothy Theodore Duncan to become a basketball player. Born in Christianhead–a town with less than 3,000 inhabitants–on St. Croix, U.S.…

Billy Casper

June 24, 2016 0

Billy Casper was an overlooked titan of golf. Born in San Diego, California, on this date in 1931, William Earl Casper moved to Silver City,…

Rick Wise

June 23, 2016 0

Richard Charles Wise may have put on the greatest one-game performance in major league baseball history in 1971. Born in Jackson, Michigan, September 13, 1945,…

Kurt Warner

June 22, 2016 0

Kurtis Eugene Warner deserves a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Born in Burlington, Iowa, on this date in 1971, he was the…

Eddy Merckx

June 21, 2016 0

There is little debate that Eddy Merckx is the greatest cyclist ever to ride a bike. Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx was born in Brabant, Belgium,…

Dan Jansen

June 17, 2016 0

Daniel Erwin Jansen had an indomitable spirit. Born in West Allis, Wisconsin, on this date in 1965, Dan Jansen was the last of nine children…

Bobby Bell

June 16, 2016 0

Number 78 turns 76 tomorrow. Bobby Lee Bell, Jr. was born in Shelby, North Carolina, June 17, 1940.  His father, Pink Lee Bell, picked cotton…