Predicting a 90-Year Old Ty Cobb’s Batting Average
How does one compare different eras in any given sport? Carl Erskine remembered how his Brooklyn Dodgers teammate Duke Snider fielded that one. Snider was asked how a great player…
Roy Campanella’s Life Lesson
Life is often not fair. Consider the life of Roy Campanella. He never made more than a $36,000 annual salary playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Today he'd be paid $36…
Bettie Page, the Queen of Pin-Ups
Playboy magazine hailed Bettie Page as "the Queen of pin-ups, the model of the century." The girl with the trademarked black bangs, fabulous killer curves, and sweet smile, grew up…
Hall of Fame Manager, Casey Stengel
When the Hall of Fame manager of the New York Yankees, Casey Stengel, died, the great writer for the Los Angeles Times, Jim Murray, wrote, "God is certainly getting an…
Lou Gehrig as an Actor in Movies
The Pride of the Yankees (1942) starring Gary Cooper was the superb screen biography of baseball's Lou Gehrig. Samuel Goldwyn produced this four-star classic motion picture, top tier in every…
George Mikan, Mr. Basketball
Before LeBron, Kobe, Shaq, Magic, Worthy, Kareem, Wilt, Elgin and Jerry West, the Lakers dominated the NBA with 6'10" George Mikan. And no one dominated the NBA the way Mikan…
Y.A. Tittle, One of the Greats
In his remarkable 17-year professional football career, the great quarterback Y. A. Tittle retired as the NFL's all-time leader in games played, passing yards, passing touchdowns, attempts, and pass completions.…
Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time
In a readers' poll conducted by Rolling Stone magazine in 2011, Buddy Rich ranked #6 in their listing of the 100 Greatest Drummers ever. Roger Taylor, the drummer for Queen,…
Bob Feller’s Return to Cleveland
Serving in World War II, Hall of Fame flame thrower Bob Feller went 1,428 days between major league starts. He returned to a packed Cleveland Stadium in 1945, striking out…
Clark Gable Hits Hollywood
While making A Free Soul (1931) for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with Norma Shearer, Clark Gable took his friend Lionel Barrymore aside and exclaimed, "Damn! That dame doesn't wear any underwear in her…
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