Photo: Louis Chevrolet, 4 July 1919, photographed by Marvin Dement Boland. Credit: Tacoma Public Library; Wikimedia Commons.

Louis Chevrolet Races into History

By Jane Cook on May 28, 2024

To celebrate the exciting Indianapolis 500 race this past weekend, Jane Hampton Cook writes about a racing pioneer and car designer, Louis Chevrolet... (Read More)

Illustration: "The American National Game of Baseball -- Grand Match for the Championship," depiction of a baseball game at the Elysian Fields in Hoboken, NJ. One of the teams is probably the New York Knickerbockers. Lithograph by Currier & Ives, c. 1866. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

1st ‘Modern’ Baseball Club, N.Y. Knickerbockers, Founded in 1845

By Tony Pettinato on September 23, 2021

An article about the first “modern” baseball club, the New York Knickerbockers, being founded by Alexander Cartwright on 23 September 1845... (Read More)

Photo: Jim Thorpe, c. 1910. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

A Wrong Redressed: Jim Thorpe’s Olympic Medals Returned

By Tony Pettinato on January 18, 2021

An article about the Int. Olympic Committee returning Jim Thorpe’s 1912 Olympic gold medals to his family 70 years after unjustly taking them from him... (Read More)

Photo: Henry "Hank" Aaron, 27 July 2013. Credit: Chris Evans; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Aaron Broke Ruth’s Home Run Record, Spoke His Mind

By Tony Pettinato on April 8, 2020

An article about Henry “Hank” Aaron breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record with his 715th blast on 8 April 1974 at home in Atlanta, Georgia... (Read More)

Photo: bronze sculpture at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, which commemorates the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Credit: EricEnfermero; Wikimedia Commons.

The Girls of Summer: A League of Their Own

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on June 18, 2018

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.. (Read More)

Photo: 2008 Indy Japan 300; Danica Patrick (Andretti Green Racing) in Twin Ring Motegi, 2 laps to go to the end of the race, 20 April 2008. Credit: Morio; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Danica Patrick Became the First Woman to Lead the Indy 500

By Tony Pettinato on May 29, 2018

An article about Danica Patrick becoming the first woman to lead the Indianapolis 500 race before fading to finish fourth overall, on 29 May 2005... (Read More)

Photo: professional baseball player Jim Thorpe as a member of the New York Giants, c. 1913-15. Credit: The Sporting News; Wikimedia Commons.

Jim Thorpe: Sad End for an Amazing Athlete

By Tony Pettinato on March 28, 2018

An article about Jim Thorpe, an athletically-gifted Native American who was perhaps the greatest athlete in American history... (Read More)

Baseball Begins ‘Designated Hitter’: Travesty or Improvement?

By Tony Pettinato on April 6, 2017

An article about Major League Baseball’s American League implementing a new rule, the designated hitter, on 6 April 1973... (Read More)

Photo: the Pittsburgh Pirates in the dugout at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Boston, 1903 World Series. Credit: Boston Public Library; Wikimedia Commons.

Boston Defeats Pittsburgh in Baseball’s First World Series

By Tony Pettinato on October 13, 2016

An article about the 1903 World Series, baseball’s first, when the Boston Americans (later the Red Sox) defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates... (Read More)

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