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.
This drawing of Seabiscuit is from Seabiscuit Vs War Admiral: The Greatest Horse Race in History by Kat Shehata (illustrated by Jo McElwee), published...
Leonard D. Smith, who was a teen-aged ranch hand at Ridgewood (and later became a veterinarian), tells an interesting story of Seabiscuit during his r...
What made this superb colt, called Secretariat, such a tremendous athlete?
Bill Nack, a sport's writer who watched Secretariat's triple-crown races, wrote a definitive biography about the great champion. The film - "Secretar...
It was a very cold October day, in 1973, when Secretariat took the track at Woodbine. Because of a syndication deal, Penny Chenery would not be able ...
On June 9, 1973, Secretariat won the Belmont by 31 lengths. His triple crown run remains unmatched. He became the first racehorse in twenty-five years...
Shergar, the champion thoroughbred, won the Epsom Derby (in England) by ten lengths on June 3, 1981 - the same year he was named "European Horse of th...
At the height of the Everest climbing season, we think about Sherpas and how they help adventurers climb the world's tallest mountain. In both 2014 an...
As the Springboks prepared for their Rugby-Cup match against Australia (then the reigning world champions) , President Mandela visited them - unexpect...
The ruins of the running track, the stadion, are very close to the center of the town of Olympia.
This image depicts a plaster cast which copies a marble statue of Oinomaos, the father of Hippodameia.
Vittorio Sella photographed some of the world's most majestic mountain peaks.
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