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Shirley Povich was the Dean of American sportswriters. As a columnist for The ... Shirley Povich was the Dean of American sportswriters. As a columnist for The Washington Post for more than seventyfive years he was an eyewitness to the most thrilling moments in American sports including: the legendary 1927 Dempsy-Tunney long count ;... more

Chris von der Ahe knew next to nothing about base?ball when he risked his life... Chris von der Ahe knew next to nothing about base?ball when he risked his life s savings to found the franchise that would become the St. Louis Cardinals. Yet the German-born beer garden proprietor would become one of the most important--and... more

Everybody in the thoroughbred horse business wants to win the Kentucky Derby b... Everybody in the thoroughbred horse business wants to win the Kentucky Derby but the odds on making it to the winner s circle at Churchill Downs are about 35 000-to-1. How did a former Chicago newspaper editor bring together the stallion and mare and... more