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.
Image of the Massachusetts Handicap Chart, published August 7, 1937. The event took place at Suffolk Downs. Click on the image for a better vie...
Before the onset of professional baseball, there existed a myriad of teams and players going back to the 1840s. This book, written by Marshall D. Wrig...
Newspaper article announcing the death of Joe Gould. Click on the image for a better view.
This slide highlights some of the myths involving a scene on the East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. King Oinomaos, father of the beautif...
Image of Damon Runyon's column from the Los Angeles Examiner that ran for nine years. Column depicted, circa 1938. Click on the image for a bet...
The Queensberry Rules 1. To be a fair stand-up boxing match in a twenty-four foot ring or as near that size as practicable.2. No wrestling or hugging...
When Jackie Robinson was called-up from the Montreal Royals (the Dodgers' farm club) to the Brooklyn Dodgers (a Major-League team), the news quickly t...
These rules were adopted on the 13th of May, 1858, for Town Ball (a successor to the British game of "rounders") by the Massachusetts Association of B...
Jerry Malloy republished Sol White's book, History of Colored Base Ball. From reviews at the amazon.com web site we learn these important facts:...
Jerry Malloy republished Sol White's book, History of Colored Base Ball. From reviews at the amazon.com web site we learn these important facts:...
Wendell Smith, a sports writer for the Pittsburgh Courier - America's leading African-American newspaper at the time of Robinson's baseball debut - wr...
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