The Badwater 135 is the world’s toughest foot race. Covering 135 miles non-stop from Death Valley to Mount Whitney, California, the Badwater 135 is the…
The World Football League [WFL] was a short-lived organization that sought to globalize American football. The brainchild of Gary Davidson, who also had a hand…
In the long history of boxing, perhaps even in the entire history of sports, no champion has ever been more hated than Sonny Liston. Liston…
College football is the king of American sports. The traditions, colors, marching bands — and the fact that every game matters — make college football…
Gump Worsley was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame after a career in which he lost more games [352] than he won [335]. Worsley’s…
Eric Liddell is more famous for the race he did not run than the one he did. “The secret of my success over the 400…
Phil Jackson is the most successful coach in NBA history. Jackson coached 20 NBA seasons. In those two decades, he won 13 division titles and…
Today we examine the careers of ten baseball players who never fully got their due. Some are Hall of Famers, others should be. Here are…
In January 1993, Christopher Street – a junior at the University of Iowa and potential NBA player – was struck and killed by a snowplow. …
First employed 44 years ago this week, the sideline reporter has become part of televised sports in America. The brainchild of Dick Ebersol, then-executive assistant…