Sports Chapters

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.

The A's out play teams with far-richer budgets to become the American League West champions.

Caddies help golfers with advice to improve their game in a similar way that spiritual advisors help others to improve life.

Caddies help golfers with advice to improve their game in a similar way that spiritual advisors help people to improve their lives.

Completing all the physical tasks required, Brashear becomes the Navy's first amputee diver.

Surfing Was A Big Part Of Hawaiian History

The first "sport" is the foot race, and then wrestling and pentathlon; the ancient Olympic games ultimately number 18 and include boxing and horse rac...

Disregarding death threats due to his race, Brashear graduates from diving school.

During the Tampa Bay Devil Rays tryouts, thirty-five year-old Morris throws 98 mph pitches.

Many statutes, pottery and poetry exist that show athletes in Olympic action.

Writings of historians and ruins at Olympia allow us to visualize what Olympia looked like and how and where athletes trained.

People cause 95% of all avalanche accidents; the average avalanche travels around 80 mph.

Perfect for advertising, Allen & Ginter is the first company to use baseball cards as cigarette package-inserts.

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