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George Brett being restrained at the Pine Tar Game (July 24, 1983) after his home run was disallowed by the umpires due to excessive amount of pine tar found on his bat.
An Insider Recalls the Pine Tar Game
It’s 40 years since George Brett of the Kansas City Royals swung his pine tar-coated bat in Yankee Stadium, more
Matt Carpenter, 12-time champion of the Pike's Peak Marathon, making his way down from the 14,115-foot summit. Along with the Hill Climb car race, Pike's Peak has mixed sports with a pioneering spirit for over a century.
Mixing Sports with a Pioneering Spirit
Ernest Hemingway once said, “There are only 3 sports- bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering. All the rest are merely games.” more
Kathryn Bertine when she competed at the UCI Road World Championships and before becoming an activist for women's equity at the Tour de France.
The American Behind the Women’s Tour de France
It’s been over 3 decades since the 120-year-old Tour de France cycling race held a multi-stage event for women. more
The National Youth Tournament Series Girls Championship at New Bridge Polo & Country Club in Aiken, South Carolina.
US Polo's Chris Green on the Sport of Kings
As one of the oldest organized sports on the calendar, polo made its way to the American landscape more
Prince William and his wife, the Dutchess of Cambridge, cheer on at Wimbledon from the Royal Box. The monarchy has been associated with Wimbledon patronage for over a century.
At Wimbledon, Royals and Debentures
To feel like a royal, buy a Wimbledon debenture. In the world of finance, debentures are medium and long-term bonds that pay more
Paddlers jockeying for position at the start of the AuSable Canoe Marathon, a 120-mile overnight race that has been contested since 1947.
The World’s Most Grueling Canoe Race
Michiganites take their canoe racing very seriously, even erecting a canoers monument in the town of Oscoda on Lake Huron. more
Burleigh Grimes wetting his fingers before launching a spitball pitch. 17 pitchers were grandfathered after the ban and Grimes was the last to hurl a legal spitball when he retired in 1934.
End of The Spitball Era
Baseball’s new rulings that are made to speed up the game have echoes from the 1920s. more
Tracy Edwards at the helm of the yacht 'Maiden' with two of her crew members behind. In 1989/90, she made history by becoming the first woman to skipper an all-female team at the Whitbread Round the World Race, earning her the Yachtsman of the Year Trophy.
Tracy Edwards MBE, 1st Skipper of All-Female Yacht Racing Crew
In 1989, when Tracy Edwards made it known that she was entering the 32,000-mile Whitbread Round the World Race with an all-female more
Willie Mays playing stickball on the streets of Harlem in the 1950s. A familiar urban scene for much of the 20th century, stickball by the 1980s gave way to shifting cultural patterns and more recreational options.
Stickball, Death of a Street Culture
Like a modern Bruegel painting depicting kids in playful outdoor scenes, stickball was a familiar picture in America’s urban landscape more
Julie Heldman, semifinalist at the French (1970), Australian (1974), and U.S. (1974) Opens. Her memoir, "Driven: A Daughter's Odyssey", is the story of a complex family relationship set against the great strides that women's tennis was making in the late 1960s and 70s.
Playing The French Open During A Revolution
Julie Heldman was the No. 2 U.S.-ranked female tennis player in 1968 and 1969. During those years, she also won multiple gold medals at the more
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