Fun to watch and fun to play, sporting activities have always had a key role in public life. These sports-related stories take us back to the ancient Olympics and forward to the days of a "Moneyball" approach to baseball.
In 1946, Jackie Robinson agrees not to fight the discrimination he will face as the first Black baseball player; he earns his team's respect.
Charles Howard, Seabiscuit's owner, is a car salesman who takes horses for trade on his cars.
Jackie Robinson is politically independent but fights for civil rights.
Four years after Cory Lidle plays so well for the 2002 A's team, he has a fatal plane crash.
Jackie Robinson faces charges of being disrespectful to investigating officers, rather than refusing to move to the rear of the bus.
George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappear in 1924 while attempting to become the first to summit Mt. Everest.
Learn the stories of humans diving into the depths of the sea that have been told for thousands of years.
See pictures of baseball and its players from the second half of the 19th century.
Ed Viesturs is an expert climber who reaches the summit of all the world's 14 mountains higher than 8,000 feet.
A power boating accident leaves Elizabeth King in a coma and on life support.
The King family travels through the Hawaiian Islands to find Brian Speer, to tell him that Elizabeth will soon be taken off life support.
AnItalian team is the first to reach the second highest point on earth, K2, in the summer of 1954.
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