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.
Jackie Robinson was still very much in-demand after he retired from playing Dodger baseball.
Jackie Robinson announced his retirement from major-league baseball before the 1957 season began.
"Race," a film about Jesse Owens, highlights the events of 1936. One of the world's greatest-ever athletes tells us what it was like to represent his ...
Jim Morris - whose story is featured in "The Rookie," starring Dennis Quaid - actually experienced a real-life fairy tale.
Jonah Lomu was one of the All Blacks' key players during the 1995 Rugby World Cup.
This film is widely considered Leni Riefenstahl's masterpiece. It depicts the Olympics, held in Berlin during the summer of 1936, and opens wi...
Winning athletes who competed in the Olympic stadium (including barefooted runners) were crowned with wreaths made from sacred olive trees.
In this clip, narrated by Morgan Freeman, we see historical footage depicting tensions between black and white South Africans. The video demonst...
In this interview, between Micky Ward and Bob Halloran (who wrote the book Irish Thunder: The Hard Life Times of Micky Ward), Micky explains his boxi...
Micky Ward and Dickie (Dicky) Eklund discuss their boxing careers and the film about their lives - "The Fighter" - in which Mark Wahlberg plays Ward a...
When Micky Ward was invited to fight Shea Neary, in London, Ward knew he was taking on a huge challenge.
Several of the Oakland A's, who significantly contributed to their team's 20-game winning streak between August and early September of 2002, tell thei...
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