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Tag: Sports History

Illustration: Olympic rings. Credit: Pierre de Coubertin; Wikimedia Commons.

5 Facts about the Summer Olympics

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 8, 2016

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about the Olympic Summer Games. .. (Read More)

Photo: 1913 postcard of Comiskey Park, home of the Chicago White Sox baseball team, produced by the Franklin Post Card Co. Credit: University of Maryland Digital Collections, National Trust Library Historic Postcard Collection; Wikimedia Commons.

Babe Ruth Wins First All-Star Game with Bat and Glove

By Tony Pettinato on July 6, 2016

An article about baseball’s first All Star Game, played on 6 July 1933 and won for the American League almost single-handedly by Babe Ruth... (Read More)

basketball on the hardwood in a spotlight

Do You Know Who Invented Basketball?

By Thomas Jay Kemp on April 18, 2016

An article about Dr. James A. Naismith inventing basketball in 1891 while working at the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts... (Read More)

Illustration: Margaret Abbott

Women’s History Month: 4 Sporting Women

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on March 29, 2016

In this article – in honor of Women’s History Month – Gena Philibert-Ortega searches old newspapers to learn more about four American sporting women... (Read More)

Photo: Norwegian Robert Sørlie (Sorlie) in the 2007 Iditarod sled dog race. Credit: ra64; Wikimedia Commons.

Libby Riddles: First Woman to Win Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race

By Tony Pettinato on March 20, 2015

An article about Libby Riddles becoming the first woman to win Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, on 20 March 1985... (Read More)

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

Henry ‘Hank’ Aaron: Baseball Superstar, Humanitarian—& Gentleman

By Tony Pettinato on February 16, 2012

An article about Henry “Hammerin’ Hank” Aaron, who played baseball in Milwaukee and Atlanta for 23 seasons, from 1954 to 1976... (Read More)

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