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 Ancient Olympics included equestrian events, beginning circa 680 B.
This image depicts a vase on which an ancient Greek artist has created the story of Hippodameia and Pelops.
Tommy John, a Major-League pitcher, is known as much for a surgical procedure named after him as he is for his MLB career.
This drawing depicts how a healthy tendon is harvested, from elsewhere in a pitcher's body, to repair an ulnar collateral ligament damaged by the mech...
Tyler Stanger was a flight instructor who owned and operated Stang-AIR based at Brackett Field in La Verne, California. He was flying with Cody Lidle ...
Otto Boetticher, an artist, was serving as a captain for the Union when he was captured by Confederate soldiers. He was sent to the Salisbury prison c...
About two months after the USS Maine exploded, in Havana's harbor, the U.S. declared war on Spain. All but one member of the Maine's championship-winn...
The starting gate, for ancient Olympians, was very different from the starting line for today’s runners.This image depicts the starting gate at ...
When the discus was part of an Ancient-Olympic event, a votive discus was sometimes created to herald stellar performances of the athletes.
This drawing of War Admiral is from Seabiscuit Vs War Admiral: The Greatest Horse Race in History by Kat Shehata (illustrated by Jo McElwee), publishe...
Wendell Smith - a reporter for the Pittsburgh Courier at the time Jack Robinson was playing baseball for the Kansas City Monarchs (a "Negro-League" te...
When Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey combined their shows, they employedLillian Leitzel, one of the greatest circus performers of all time. Called...
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