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U.S. Medal-Winning Men's Basketball Teams

1936 (gold medal): Sam Balter, Ralph Bishop, Joe Fortenberry, Tex Gibbons, Francis Johnson, Carl Knowles, Frank Lubin, Art Mollner, Don Piper, Jack Ragland, Carl Shy, Willard Schmidt, Duane…

The Stolen Base Record for Catchers

The Question: My husband is a sports trivia enthusiast and wants to know who holds the all-time record for stolen bases by a catcher? The Answer: Buck Ewing, who…

Tux, the Linux Penguin

The Question: How did a penguin come to be the mascot for the Linux operating system? The Answer: The short answer is that Linus Torvalds, founder of Linux, likes penguins, and he said so when…

Poems: The Shepherd

by WilliamBlakeIntroductionThe Echoing GreenThe Shepherd How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot! From the morn to the evening he stays; He shall follow his sheep all the day, And his…

Christina Rossetti: A Chill

A Chill What can lambkins do All the keen night through? Nestle by their woolly mother The careful ewe. What can nestlings do In the nightly dew? Sleep beneath their mother's wing…

The Dream Team

The Dream Team Head coach Chuck Daly's “Best Ever” 12-man NBA All-Star squad that headlined the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and easily won the basketball gold medal; co-captained by…