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US Gold Medal Hockey Teams: 1960

Forwards: Billy Christian, Roger Christian, Billy Cleary, Gene Grazia, Paul Johnson, Bob McVey, Dick Meredith, Weldy Olson, Dick Rodenheiser and Tom Williams. Defensemen: Bob Cleary, Jack…

Built to Last

NBCWednesday 8:30–9:00 p.m.; canceledCast: Royale Watkins, Denise Dowse, Geoffrey Owens, J. Lamont Pope, Natalie Desselle and Jeremy Suarez When his father has a heart attack, recent…

NFL Preview: AFC West

Oakland, Denver, San Diego, Seattle, and Kansas City by Mike Morrison AFC WEST POLL AFC West—You choose: Oakland Denver San Diego Seattle Kansas City Take another poll More Infoplease…

Harold McMaster Biography

inventorBorn: 20 July 1916Best Known as: inventor of tempered glass Harold McMaster invented tempered glass which is indispensible in modern skyscrapers and…

Navajo, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) Navajo or NavahoNavahoboth: näˈvəhō [key], Native North Americans whose language belongs to the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American languages). A…

Facts About Women in the House and the Senate

Here are some facts about women who have served or are currently serving in the U.S. Congress. 313 women have been elected or appointed to the U.S. Congress. Jeannette Rankin, Republican from…

Arthur Hill 2006 Deaths

Arthur HillAge: 84 actor who won a Tony Award for his performance in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He was also in many films and television series, including the title role in Owen Marshall…

Ian Thorpe

Ian ThorpeBorn: Oct. 13, 1982Swimming 5-time gold medalist; won 400m free at Sydney Olympics (breaking his own world record) and silver in 200m free; won gold and broke the world record in…

Marion Jones Biography

Marion JonesBorn: Oct. 12, 1975Track & Field American sprinter and former college basketball star at North Carolina; voted Women's Athlete of the Year by Track & Field News in 1997,98…

Matthew (Mack) Robinson 2000 Deaths

Matthew (Mack) RobinsonAge: 88 silver medallist in the 200-meter race at the 1936 Summer Games and older brother of baseball Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson; lost 200m to Jesse Owens in Berlin…