These men and women used sports to address serious issues in society. Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision in 2016 to not stand for the national anthem as a protest ...
Tenure as owner: 22 years (1997-present) Purchase price of team: $300 million Current value of team: $4 billion Net worth: $1.5 billion Source of wealth: Cablevision Team record: 742-1014, .423 ...
For decades, Mount Rushmore was a large hill and tourist attraction in South Dakota. Then, fans and media turned it into the Mount Everest of sports, the most visited final four of all-time greatness.
The value of NFL teams and the wealth of their owners has shot through the stratosphere in the last two decades. It was just 20 years ago that you could still get an NFL team for a bargain basement ...
Bowling alleys have changed since the days of Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton on "The Honeymooners." But the United States still has some beautiful lanes. It’s been more than half a century since Ralph ...
Metrics have reset the bar for Cooperstown, and a few of those who fall short may surprise you. Remember when baseball was a simple game? Yeah, me, too. Then metrics reared its decimal point and ...
Major League Baseball has no shortage of famous fans. And they love their baseball teams as much as we do. Celebrities are just like us. They are human after all. Although they’re a little higher ...
The most successful leadoff hitters reflect a merger of different times and philosophies. For the better part of baseball history, the leadoff spot in a batting order was reserved for spray hitters ...
Tales of gridiron greatness start with high school football. These are the greatest programs in the history of all 50 United States. In some parts of the country, high school football teams have ...
These athletes have capitalized the most from the 2021 court ruling that allowed amateurs to profit from their name, image and likeness (NIL). The landscape of college athletics changed in 2021 when ...
Small towns have produced some of the most epic high school football stories of all time. There’s something special about growing up in a small town. The traditions. The bonds. The community. And, if ...
These high schools lead the way with alumni playing on Sundays. High school football has become more than local news. Networks like ESPN and Fox Sports devote time and money to produce high school ...