A look back at the fifth day of January in sports history and elsewhere. We have popes, presidents and a Babe, among others ...

Jan. 5—[email protected] Paul Nakian has spent decades searching for a statue of Babe Ruth that his father created nearly a century ago. Nakian, 87, of Stamford, Connecticut, believed for years ...

On Jan. 3, 1920, new Boston Red Sox owner sold Babe Ruth’s contract to the Yankees. It took 80+ years to fix the hex ...

There’s nothing quiet like calling your shot in sports and executing it. Babe Ruth did it in 1932 in the World Series against ...

Jane Flaherty participated in Alton's Beautiful Baby contest, charming the crowd with her well-dressed appearance.

Notre Dame defeats Stanford, 27-10, in the Rose Bowl. It provides the first wirephoto transmission of a bowl game and is the ...

In 2025, we mark the anniversaries of the Reds’ 1975 World Series win, Pete Rose’s record-breaking hit and more.

MONTGOMERY—Damaj Stewart-Williams took his sophomore season off a year ago, recharging his basketball battery. These days that battery looks super charged. The junior guard has developed into one of ...

In 1856, the New York Mercury Baseball Club defined the game of baseball as the national pastime and the favorite sport of Americans. In 1903, the Boston Americans defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates in ...

Baseball is an American tradition, a sport that has been around for centuries and is often referred to as America’s […] ...