Sep 30, 2024
Despite their name, the Harlem Globetrotters weren’t originally from New York's Harlem neighborhood, nor did they start out as true world travellers. This all-Black basketball team, founded by Jewish immigrant Abe Saperstein, originated on Chicago’s South Side and began touring the Midwest rather humbly...
Sep 23, 2024
With the
Mets th-i-i-i-i-s close to a rare MLB
playoff berth this season, we do our best not to jinx their chances
with a look back at the local New York post-game TV show synonymous
with the club's first 32 years in Gotham with sports
reporter/author Mark Rosenman ("
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 ("