ECW burst onto the sports entertainment scene in the early 1990s, and redefined the industry with a reckless, brutal, death-defying, and often bloody style that became known as 'hardcore'. In the process, it attracted a rabid, cult-like following that is still going strong today. The ECW 'hardcore' style changed the wrestling business forever; and ...
Most baseball fans know that in 1947 Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, marking the beginning of integration in the major leagues, but few know what the game was like for African-American players before Jackie Robinson. How many fans know that integrated military teams played each other during the Civil War, but in the years that ...
The stories behind the success of one of the NFL's most popular teams Built on the firsthand accounts of the players and coaches who made the Redskins great Joe Theismann, Larry Brown, Vince Lombardi, George Allen, and numerous others Thom Loverro takes fans on a tour of the team's glorious past. From their origins in Boston through the Silver Era ...
The celebrated home ballpark of the Baltimore Orioles, Camden Yards has become baseball's center stage, the main theater where many of the game's successes and woes have played out in recent years. Home of the Game celebrates the unique position Camden Yards holds as a symbol of the modern game and a prototype for new ballparks across the country. ...
Over a 25-year period from the sixties into the eighties, the Baltimore Orioles were considered the model major league franchise. "The Oriole Way," the popular term used to describe the organization's philosophy during this period, served the Orioles very well, leading to multiple division titles, pennants, and World Series championships. The last ...
Hall of Fame tight end John Mackey revolutionized his position in the NFL and altered the landscape of personnel moves in professional football forever with his landmark movements in free agency as the first president of the newly merged NFL-AFL National Football League Player's Association.
Filled with inspirational words from top coaches to stoke your competitive fires, touch your heart, raise your level of motivation, and even make you laugh.
From the time she was a little girl, Cammi Granato dreamed of winning an Olympic gold medal. The only girl playing hockey, a "boys-only" game, Cammi was often singled out and hurt by players on opposing teams. She would not quit, though. After years of struggling to make her way in a men's sport, Cammi earned a hockey scholarship to attend ...
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