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A True Football Pioneer
by Tony McClean
Today, we take a look back at a man who was a true football pioneer that made the coaching careers of Tony Dungy, Dennis Green, and others all possible. Fritz Pollard was born on January 27, 1894. He was the first African-American coach in the National Football League.
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Still Standing After All These Years
by Gary Norris Gray -- Oct 19, 2008 - 9:59:00 PM
As America watched the American and National League playoffs this month, a very strange and unprecedented thing occurred as four of the five oldest baseball parks donned their red, white, and blue bunting for the playoffs.
The Story of Dick Leftridge
by Tony Price -- Oct 9, 2008 - 9:59:00 PM
According to my research and a synopsis received from his son, Dick Leftridge was one of the first African-American to receive a football scholarship to play for a major college in the South.
Disabled Players And Baseball
by Gary Norris Gray -- Oct 6, 2008 - 9:59:00 PM
Most Americans believed that disabled athletes could not play professional sports and that it would never happen in the major league baseball or any other sport because it required the disabled athletic to have super athlete skills.
Why Isn't John Isaacs In The Hall of Fame?
by Claude Johnson -- Oct 1, 2008 - 9:53:00 PM
Isaacs promptly led the Rens to season records of 122-19, 121-19, and 127-15, the latter culminating in the championship title of the first ever World's Professional Basketball Tournament, held in 1939 in Chicago.
40 years ago, Gibson was unhittable all year
by R.B. Fallstrom -- Sep 21, 2008 - 9:53:00 PM
The mound had a 15-inch elevation in 1968, and in 1969 it was only 10 inches, a huge change akin to expanding the nets in hockey or raising the hoop in basketball. Bob Gibson's microscopic ERA (1.12) for the St. Louis Cardinals is to blame.
by Tony McCleanToday, we take a look back at a man who was a true football pioneer that made the coaching careers of Tony Dungy, Dennis Green, and others all possible. Fritz Pollard was born on January 27, 1894. He was the first African-American coach in the National Football League.
Full Story>>
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Still Standing After All These Yearsby Gary Norris Gray -- Oct 19, 2008 - 9:59:00 PM
As America watched the American and National League playoffs this month, a very strange and unprecedented thing occurred as four of the five oldest baseball parks donned their red, white, and blue bunting for the playoffs.
The Story of Dick Leftridgeby Tony Price -- Oct 9, 2008 - 9:59:00 PM
According to my research and a synopsis received from his son, Dick Leftridge was one of the first African-American to receive a football scholarship to play for a major college in the South.
Disabled Players And Baseballby Gary Norris Gray -- Oct 6, 2008 - 9:59:00 PM
Most Americans believed that disabled athletes could not play professional sports and that it would never happen in the major league baseball or any other sport because it required the disabled athletic to have super athlete skills.
Why Isn't John Isaacs In The Hall of Fame?by Claude Johnson -- Oct 1, 2008 - 9:53:00 PM
Isaacs promptly led the Rens to season records of 122-19, 121-19, and 127-15, the latter culminating in the championship title of the first ever World's Professional Basketball Tournament, held in 1939 in Chicago.
40 years ago, Gibson was unhittable all yearby R.B. Fallstrom -- Sep 21, 2008 - 9:53:00 PM
The mound had a 15-inch elevation in 1968, and in 1969 it was only 10 inches, a huge change akin to expanding the nets in hockey or raising the hoop in basketball. Bob Gibson's microscopic ERA (1.12) for the St. Louis Cardinals is to blame.
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