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2001 Season Review

Earnhardt's Death Casts Long Shadow The final-lap crash of Dale Earnhardt's car in the season-opening Daytona 500 took one of the NASCAR Winston Cup Series' greatest stars and changed the sport…

2015 Year in Review Slideshow: Sports

Top events for the nation and the world in 2015 Jennie Wood Prev Next The U.S. Women's Soccer Team U.S. Beats Japan in Women's World Cup In the 2015 Women's World Cup Final in Vancouver,…

Mountain Dew Southern 500

Mountain Dew Southern 500 Held over 367 laps on 1.366-mile oval at Darlington International Raceway in Darlington, S.C. Previously known as Southern 500 (1950-88); Heinz 500 (1989-91); and…

Normandy campaign

(Encyclopedia) Normandy campaign, June to Aug., 1944, in World War II. The Allied invasion of the European continent through Normandy began about 12:15 a.m. on June 6, 1944 (D-day). The plan, known…

Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Preface

by Robert Burns 1771 - 1779 Preface Robert Burns was born near Ayr, Scotland, 25th of January, 1759. He was the son of William Burnes, or Burness, at the time of the poet's birth a nurseryman…

Mother Night

Director: Keith GordonWriter: Robert E. WeideDirector of Photography: Tom RichmondEditor:Jay RabinowitzMusic: Michael ConvertinoProduction Designer: François SéguinProducers: Keith Gordon and…

American League Championship Series—2004

Boston Red Sox defeated New York Yankees, 4 games to 3Series MVP—David Ortiz, Boston1st Game, at New York, Oct. 12, 2004 RHEBoston0 0 00 0 05 2 0—7100New York2 0 40 0 20 2 x—10140Pitchers…

Paisley, Ian Richard Kyle

(Encyclopedia) Paisley, Ian Richard KylePaisley, Ian Richard Kylepāzˈlē [key], 1926–2014, Northern Irish religious and political leader. For many years a leading protagonist of militant Protestantism…