Sep 16, 2024
From the tough
streets of Louisville's Smoketown to corporate success, former
college hoops standout and American Basketball
Association pro George Tinsley's life is
a testament to resilience and opportunity.
In his
inspiring new memoir "
Sep 9, 2024
Metroplex
restauranteur and armchair football historian Mike
Cobern ( the mostly forgotten saga of the 1952 Dallas
Texans, the one-year wonder that has nearly vanished from
the annals of National Football League...
Sep 2, 2024
Syracuse University communications professor and
former Emmy award-winning ESPN producer Dennis
Deninger ("
Aug 26, 2024
The date: June 14,
1974
The place: Cleveland's venerable
Municipal Stadium
The event: an evening
regular-season game between MLB's Cleveland Indians & Texas
Rangers
The added attraction: "Ten Cent
Beer Night"
The result: one of baseball
history's (and American sports') most notorious promotional
fiascos
Aug 19, 2024
We raise our sports history IQ a
few points this week with an enlightening conversation around the
broader cultural importance and underlying social significance of
the very venues in which our favorite games are played - with
Columbia University professor Frank Guridy
("The
Stadium: An American History
of...