After His Legendary Basketball Career, Wilt Chamberlain Became A Pro Volleyball Player
Today in 1936, the birthday of Wilt Chamberlain, a legend on the basketball court who, after retirement, took a detour into the world of professional volleyball.
Gertrude Ederle Set A Record For Swimming The English Channel, And She Did It In A Thunderstorm
Today in 1926, American Gertrude Ederle swam from France to England, a record-setting crossing of the English Channel she made in stormy weather!
The “Blood In The Water Match” Brought Some Cold War Violence To The 1956 Summer Games
The 1956 Summer Games are sometimes called the “Friendly Games,” although there was also a water polo match between technically allied Hungary and the USSR that was anything but friendly.
Every July 1 Is A Million Dollar Day For Baseball’s Bobby Bonilla
Longtime baseball fans know this is the day each year that former star Bobby Bonilla gets more than a million bucks from the New York Mets, as part of the strangest salary deal the sport's ever seen.
The Baseball Game Lou Gehrig Played After He Stopped Playing Baseball
Lou Gehrig famously ended his consecutive games streak in the spring of 1939, not long before he was diagnosed with ALS. But on this day in 1939, he played one last exhibition game in Kansas City.
Did A Finnish Skier Actually Spit Out His Dentures On His Way To A Gold Medal?
Kalle Jalkanen's Finnish ski team won a big come from behind victory in the 1936 Winter Games, but what legend says happened along the way is an even more unusual part of the story.
The Outtakes From Orson Welles’ Wine Commercial Might Be His Most Legendary Work
Today was the birthday in 1915 of Orson Welles, a one of a kind creative force. And yet somehow one of his most viewed works is also a set of apparently drunken outtakes from a wine commercial in the 80s!
Bonnie Richardson Won A State Track Team Championship By Herself – Twice
This month in 2008, a high school athlete from a very small town competed as a team of one in the Texas track championships, and finished first two years in a row.
Willie Nelson Once Recorded An Album To Pay Back Taxes To The IRS
Today in 1933 the birthday of Willie Nelson, a country music legend who once put out an album so that he could send royalties to the IRS to pay some overdue taxes.
The Minor League Baseball Game That Took Three Days To Play
Today in 1981, the Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings started playing a minor league game, and it just kept going and going and going, eventually becoming the longest ever.