After the success of my previous book, ‘The Story of the Masters’, my publisher had the idea to tackle another of golf’s major championships.
The booing from the audience within the Sydney Opera House came cascading down from the balcony and picked up steam from those whose seats
When he died 15 years ago (6/19/2010), The New York Times wrote in his obituary: “He wore size 16½ sneakers and had the spindliest legs ever to protrude
Nothing defined the golden age of auto racing more than the ear-piercing, tire-screeching, high-performance competition between Ford and Ferrari.
Some 54 years after Alan Shepard golfed on the moon, NASA is preparing to head back to the surface of our celestial neighbor with the Artemis III program
During the 1980s, Great Britain’s Margaret Thatcher identified 3 profound ills that plagued her country: the IRA, striking miners, and football hooligans.
It’s no secret that horse racing has lost ground to online gambling and alternative sports betting, not to mention cultural shifts
Who said young sports lovers can’t rise to spiritual loftiness? Decades before he became Pope Francis (2013-25), young Jorge Mario Bergoglio
On April 30, 1939, Lou Gehrig played his last baseball game. Two years later, the greatest Captain the New York Yankees had ever produced
The Story of the Masters fills what had been a gap in golf literature. While many books were written about the famed tournament, few provided
One of the most storied rivalries in sports history became so ingrained in popular culture that it was even recreated as a Broadway show
Two questions arose after star pitcher, Rube Waddell, missed the 1905 World Series:
Did he skip the Fall Classic because he injured his
On the morning of March 29, 1984, the city of Baltimore woke up to the news that its professional football team was gone.
“The kids were cruel and it was hurtful. I got picked on a lot,” says Muggsy Bogues in conversation with Rmag. At 5’3, Bogues was the shortest player
On the night of May 25th, 1965, photographers John Rooney of the Associated Press and Neil Leifer of Sports illustrated snapped similar pictures
In November, 1959, America’s reigning amateur ice hockey champions, the Brockton ‘Wetzells’ of Massachusetts, accepted an invitation to play
Even the New York Times couldn’t resist giving it a screaming headline on their SportsMonday front-page: ‘Petty Wins Daytona After Leaders Crash
Awash by the floodlights at Miami’s Orange Bowl, Benny Babula leaned forward at the waist and contemplated the 22 yards between him and the goal post.