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Baseball in America: A History

Source: The U.S. Department of State The sport that evokes more nostalgia among Americans than any other is baseball. So many people play the game as children (or play its close relative,…

Memorable Olympic Moments: Jesse Owens, 1936

Track star Jesse Owens defiantly bucks Hitler by Mike Morrison Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. (Source:AP) Related Links Olympics Overview 2012 Track & Field Preview…

2001 NHL Draft

The top 50 selections at the 39th annual NHL Entry Draft held June 23-24, 2001, in Sunrise, Fla. The order of the first 14 positions were determined by a draft lottery of non-playoff teams…

Notable Female Athletes

Martina Hingis Biographies ofNotable Women Actresses Adventurers Artists Athletes Businesswomen Comediennes Congresswomen Educators and Scholars Fashion Designers and Models…

Welterweight

1892–94 Mysterious Billy Smith1894–96 Tommy Ryan1896 Kid McCoy11896– 1900 Mysterious Billy Smith1900 Rube Ferns1900–01 Matty Matthews1901 Ruby Ferns1901–04 Joe Walcott1904 Dixie Kid11904–06…

organ

(Encyclopedia) CE5 Organ organ, a musical wind instrument in which sound is produced by one or more sets of pipes controlled by a keyboard, each pipe producing only one pitch by means of a…