On July 15, 1876, Saint Louis Brown Stockings' George Bradley stepped on the mound on a hot streak. At the time, he was protecting a 20-inning scoreless streak. What he nor his teammates knew at the time was that he was on the precipice of history that afternoon. In an era where pitch counts were non-existent and the very idea of rest was met with guffaws, Bradley had already beaten that day's opponent, the Hartford Dark Blues, as well as his pitching counterpart, Tommy Bond

On July 13, 1965, Juan Marichal's star shone the brightest in a field of the era's greatest pitchers. It was a stacked mound that day in...

On July 12, 1901, Cy Young won his 300th game, beating the Philadelphia Athletics 5-3 in front of his hometown crowd at Boston's Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds. The 34-year-old whose fastballs reminded one of a cyclone and had given him his nickname still had some zip in his arm, completing all nine innings while giving up seven hits and averaging .333 at the plate. Meanwhile, the A's relied on two pitchers to split the load, with neither John McPherson nor Bill Bernhard

On July 11, 1914, 99 years ago today, an up-and-coming pitcher made his major league debut. Although the masses had yet to hear of him, he quickly became a household name not for his greatness at the plate but rather for his productivity on the mound. His name: George Herman Ruth, but most people would simply call him "Babe". Starting for the Boston Red Sox at two-year-old Fenway Park on that afternoon, the left faced off against a slew of the game's greats that littered the

As the winds of change send the game of football to a more pass-oriented sport, some records are bound to be broken multiple times while others are destined to remain intact for generations. Although it has had some scares in previous years, Eric Dickerson's 2,105 yards rushing in 1984 remains safe. But he didn't gain all of those yards overnight. No, it took an extraordinary amount of effort each and every single week of that historic season. Entering 1984, O.J. Simpson was

Major League Baseball's All-Star Game was in just its second year of existence when it set up shop in the Polo Grounds on July 10, 1934. Like many All-Star Games after it, this one would feature a slew of future Hall of Famers on both rosters. In total, 28 of the men who would suit up that day would eventually find their way to Cooperstown. But despite the final score, this day would belong to Carl Hubbell. Starting for the National League in his stomping grounds, the Giants

Ninety years ago today, July 9, 1933, the Frankford Yellow Jackets were sold to Bert Bell and his partners and joined the NFL. The struggling franchise had gone under in 1931, weighed down by seven years of poor play and ineptitude at the box office. In stepped Bert Bell. The son of famed attorney John C. Bell had been cut off from his family fortune after years of drinking, frivolous spending and accruing gambling debts. As a result, he couldn't rely on his father's money t

Baseball is a game filled with wonder and excitement in each and every pitch. Sometimes, a team rides a wave of momentum, scoring gobs of...

July 7, 1912 was a day filled with suspense and legendary achievements. The Summer Olympics were held in Stockholm, Sweden that summer and many in attendance had no idea of the mysterious American that warmed up on the track before them. Perhaps some had heard of his achievements on the gridiron at the Carlisle Indian School, earning All-American honors just the year before and soon to earn it again months after the Games of the V Olympiad concluded. By the end of that day al

It was Ring Night, a night where the San Francisco 49ers were celebrating all of their triumphs from the year before, highlighted by...

There is a certain art that enraptures the mind when one looks at a ballpark. Ballparks today come in all shapes, sizes and wonders, from Wrigley Field's simplistic features that seem to be a portal to the past while blending in with its surrounding neighborhood to Oracle Park's phenomenal view of the Bay. Since its opening in 1992, Baltimore's Camden Yards has wowed many visitors, with the warehouse in right-field being its crown jewel. This is the story of that warehouse. T

Before Tom Verducci blessed the readers of Sports Illustrated with his prose and Bill James showered baseball fans across America with vast amounts of statistics about the game that they loved, the world of baseball journalism was sparse and bleak. The game needed a narrative that people could read and enjoy on a daily basis. In stepped Tim Murnane. The long-time writer for the Boston Globe developed a style that could be followed for all of eternity. This is his story. The

The mountaintop can be a fickle place with one slip-up often becoming their downfall. In the mid of the 1980s, Tony Robinson was on top of the world, having led Tennessee to two wins over hated Alabama the past two years and even landing on the cover of Sports Illustrated. At the time, it looked like he was going to coast into a childhood dream and have a promising future in the NFL. But through a series of poor decisions, he found himself in a jail cell on Draft Day. Though

On occasion, an athletic event can bring two people together in such as way that it can feel almost as if it had been preordained, forever changing the landscape of the sport. On August 16, 1920, baseball was forever changed when one man's innocent spitter cracked the skull of another. From then on, the names Ray Chapman and Carl Mays would be forged together as tragically as any other duo in history. This is their story. The Early Years Their story begins with Ray. Born on

It took the San Francisco Giants nine games to hit a ball at least 366 feet into McCovey Cove, the area of water that had been named...

"Upon the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields, will bear the fruits of victory." -General Douglas MacArthur General Douglas MacArthur is well known as the man who led the Allied forces in the campaign against Japan in World War II To this day, his famous promise to return to the war-torn Philippines he was forced to flee echoes loudly within the halls of West Point and beyond. To be a soldier is to keep your promises as General

Recently, the Denver Nuggets became the last remnant of the old ABA to reach the NBA Finals. What a glorious time for the franchise! Ever since it moved from Houston to Denver in 1967, the franchise and the city have dreamed of this moment. However, this isn't the first time that they've been to the league finals. Back in 1976, they reached the last ABA Finals before the merger, playing against a dominant Nets squad. Let's take a peek into a window of history. The Seeds of Su

As mind-boggling as it sounds, the 1985 Chicago Bears defense could have been even better. That year, two potential starters held out for more money. While Al Harris and Todd Bell watched from afar, their teammates dominated the NFL and rampaged all over the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl. Al Harris was born on December 31, 1956 in Bangor, Maine, but soon moved to Wahiawa Hawaii. He starred at nearby Leilehua High School and accepted a scholarship to Arizona State, w

There is no more powerful link in the sport of football than that of brotherhood. The best teams often speak very highly of the subject and live within its principles. Sometimes, there are actual brothers in the league such as the Bosas, Mannings and Watts, each family dominating the NFL in its own unique manner. Often forgotten amidst the smattering of more famous families are the Karras brothers. Hailing from Gary, Indiana and spawning from a Greek immigrant, each of the t

It is a rare find when a human is so naturally gifted in so many different ventures. As humans, we yearn for the chance to be truly special at just one trade that could make us stand out in the crowd. to have the ability that everything we touch turns to gold is often a pipe dream. So when we see someone with that sort of opportunity, we are often left in wonder at what that person will achieve. Jim Brown was that person. Born in the tourist trap Saint Simons Island, Georgia