Wednesday, 24 December 2025
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The game of football was evolving, and the forward pass was not yet an integral part of most offenses. The Cleveland Browns of the upstart AAFC looked to integrate more…
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When Ty Cobb retired 4,191 Hits, it seemed to be an unbreakable mark. Pete Rose had other ideas.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won everywhere he went.
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As the passing game slowly grew in football, you had to know that elite receivers were only a matter of time. Don Hutson was the first and the prototype for…
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Basketball was a different game when George Mikan began to play in the early 1940s, so much so that it was believed that his 6’ 10” frame was a liability…
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One of the purest hitters in Baseball, Ted Williams, was the template by which thousands of batters followed.
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Denton True “Cy” Young set an unbreakable standard of 511 wins, a record that will never be broken. Young, who played for Cleveland (AA), St. Louis (NL), Boston (AL), Cleveland…
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An All-American at Holy Cross, Bob Cousy was dubbed the “Houdini of the Hardcourt” for his playmaking skills and evolution of basketball passing. Cousy became a legend with the Boston…
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"He can run, but he can't hide."Joe Louis said this about Billy Conn, one of the many who challenged him for the heavyweight title and failed.
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There is no greater star when it comes to the track & field discipline of hurdles than Edwin Moses. Period. Moses won the 400 m hurdles at the 1976 Montreal…
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With all due respect to every other Wide Receiver in pro football, there is no other greater player at that position than Jerry Rice.
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Earvin "Magic" Johnson became the Los Angeles Lakers' face during their "showtime" years, which considering the number of other personalities, was no small accomplishment.
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Just how good was Ty Cobb? When the Baseball Hall of Fame named their first class in 1936, it was Cobb who received the most votes, defeating such luminaries as…
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Initially a pairs skater, Kristi Yamaguchi elected to focus on a singles career, which proved to be the correct decision.
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In 1936, Jesse Owens set the track world on fire by winning four Gold Medals. It was believed that in 1984, Carl Lewis could do the same thing.
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Matt Biondi made the Olympics ahead of schedule, at age 19, making the 1984 Los Angeles Games, where he won Gold in the 4x100 Freestyle. It was a great start,…
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Dale Earnhardt did not cast an imposing figure, but when he was in his stock car, clad in black, the "Intimidator" had no problem bullying anyone on the track.
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You can’t talk about scoring in basketball without mentioning Wilt Chamberlain, one of the most prolific scorers in the history of the game. Chamberlain, a seven-time scoring champion, is the…
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The American Basketball Association had its share of talent, but nobody shone brighter than “Dr. J” Julius Erving. Erving signed with the ABA out of UMass, and the superstar would…
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One of the more eccentric baseball players, Rickey Henderson, was also one of the quickest, swiping 1,406 bases and shattering the previous record from Lou Brock. The master of the…
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Willie Mays played two years with Birmingham of the Negro Leagues before he signed with the New York Giants, and it would not take long before the “Say Hey Kid”…
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Racing from 1958 to 1992, "The King" Richard Petty is not just one of the most successful auto racers of all-time; he is easily amongst the most popular. It is…
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The 1990s had its share of superstars, controversies, and up-and-down times, but there was one smile that lit up every ballpark he entered, and it belonged to Ken Griffey Jr.
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The long and incredible career of Martina Navratilova began in the Soviet Bloc country of Czechoslovakia, where at age 18, Czech officials demanded that she return home as the budding…
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If it had four wheels, A.J. Foyt could drive it…and win. Over his illustrious career, Foyt made history as the only driver to have won the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona…
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Barry Sanders won the Heisman as a member of the Oklahoma Sooners, and the elusive running back immediately became one of the offensive players in the National Football League.
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If Babe Ruth was the first baseball player to be a national celebrity, Joe DiMaggio was the first to be one part of an athlete/celebrity power couple when he was…
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Peggy Fleming was the elegant swan, and Dorothy Hamill was the "girl next door." This is a compliment to them both as you could not take your eyes off of…
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