Bocce is the oldest known sport in history. Pronounced botchee and sometimes anglicized as bocci, it is a ball sport belonging to the Boules family. Boules is a collective name for a…
Before Bobby Carpenter, National Hockey League scouts never attended high school games in the United States. After Bobby Carpenter, they all did. Dubbed the “Can’t…
Pitching, defense, and the three-run homer were the Holy Trinity of Earl Weaver’s managing philosophy. Earl Sidney Weaver was born in St. Louis, Missouri, August…
As a former major league pitcher, James Phillip Rooker always did hate walks. Jim Rooker was a left-handed pitcher born in Lakeview, Oregon, in 1942. …
The premiere linebacker of his era turns 64 today. John Harold Lambert was born in Mantua [MAN-choo-wah], Ohio—home of the Potato Festival—on this date in…
The Cy Young Award is a baseball pitcher’s most coveted prize. Named for Denton True Young [Daily Dose, March 15], the winningest pitcher in Major League…
The arrival of the Williams sisters launched a new era of power tennis in the women’s game. The daughters of Richard Williams and Oracene Prince…
Like the United States of America, Mark Lenzi sought freedom, independence and the pursuit of happiness. Mark Edward Lenzi was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on…
Arnold Daniel Palmer is the most important golfer ever to stick a tee in the ground. Born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, September…