Happy 51st birthday to the youngest player ever to appear in Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game. Dwight Eugene Gooden was born in Tampa, Florida on…
Patricia Sue Summitt is the winningest coach in NCAA basketball history—in any division—men or women. Born on June 14, 1952, on a tobacco and dairy…
George Edward Arcaro is the greatest jockey in the history of American thoroughbred horse racing. Born on February 19, 1916 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Arcaro weighed…
Jon Steven Young is the greatest left-handed quarterback in pro football history. Born on October 11, 1961 in Salt Lake City, Utah—a city that was…
Jose Alberto Pujols Alcantara may be the best right handed hitter in baseball history. Born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, January 16, 1980, he moved…
In 1998, David Robert Duval won the PGA Tour’s money title and Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average. In 2001, he won the Open Championship.…
Paul Bert Elvstrom is one of only three Olympians to win the same individual event four times in a row. He is also one of…
The 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers won 33 consecutive regular season games, the longest win streak in American professional sports history. The Lakers moved from Minneapolis…
In football, a “pancake” is a type of block in which an offensive player hits a defensive player with enough force to knock him down,…