Dodgers great Hall of Fame pitcher, Don Drysdale, died of a heart attack in 1993. 31 years later, during the 2024 NBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, his widow, Anne…
June 2 is now Lou Gehrig Day in baseball. This event has been established to bring awareness to the rare neurodegenerative affliction which felled the great New York Yankees star…
Director Elia Kazan on James Dean in East of Eden: "He had violence in him, he had a hunger within him, and he was himself the boy he played in…
The derby that Matthew "Stymie" Beard Jr. wore in the wonderful Our Gang comedies he made was given to him by Stan Laurel. Of course the Laurel & Hardy comedies…
Albert Einstein wrote to Max Born in 1926 in response to his probabilistic interpretation of quantum mechanics and the expression of a deterministic outlook on life and the world: "The…
Observation of the wise Will Rogers: "Too many people spend money they haven't earned to buy things they don't want to impress people they don't like."
In winning the first two NFL Super Bowl games, the Hall of Fame defensive end for Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers was six-time All-Pro Willie Davis.
There was a time in Europe when the name "Josephine Baker" was what we would now call a "brand." At one point she was the highest paid entertainer in Europe.…
Roy Campanella made 8 All-Star teams and was named MVP three different times in his stunning career with the Brooklyn Dodgers. His statistics might have been even more impressive had…
Still photos exist showing Raquel Welch very early in her career auditioning for the role of "Mary Ann" on Gilligan's Island.
