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1965 Topps tallboy football card

Tallboys: The 6 Years Topps Made Cards That Don't Fit Anything

Every card collector knows the feeling: you buy a box of sleeves, a binder, some toploaders — and they fit every card you own. Except 4 sets. For a brief stretch of the 1960s and early 70s, Topps made cards nearly 5 inches tall, and the hobby has been improvising storage

Joe Louis, heavyweight champion of the world

On This Date: The Night a Welsh Coal Miner Took Joe Louis the Distance (Aug. 30, 1937)

Joe Louis was supposed to need about 3 rounds. He'd won the heavyweight title 9 weeks earlier, he was the most feared puncher alive, and the challenger was a British underdog most American writers treated as a warm-up act. Instead, Tommy Farr — a coal miner's

The West Side Tennis Club at Forest Hills — 6 decades the home of the US Open

The US Open Wasn't Always a Hard-Court Tournament — It Changed Surfaces Twice in 4 Years

Ask any tennis fan what the US Open is played on and they'll tell you: hard courts, blue paint, night matches under the lights in Queens. All true — since 1978. But the tournament is nearly a century older than its surface. The US Open spent 93 years on

Tiger Woods at East Lake, Sept 23, 2018 — win No. 80

The 5 Greatest Tour Championship Moments in Golf History

A man hitting from inside a lake for $11 million. A wedge disappearing from 137 yards. And the single loudest walk in modern golf history. The five greatest Tour Championship moments ever.

1979 Topps #390 — Earl Campbell's only playing-era card

Earl Campbell Has Exactly One Football Card — Here's Why

Earl Campbell won Rookie of the Year in 1978, the MVP in 1979, and 3 straight rushing titles. He ran over defenders on Monday Night Football, carried the Luv Ya Blue Oilers to back-to-back AFC title games, and retired as one of the most feared runners the sport

Nebraska vs. Penn State in the first Kickoff Classic, Aug 29, 1983

When College Football Had a Preseason: The Lost Novelty of the August Classic

For twenty years, college football played real games in August that felt like gifts — until the NCAA killed the loophole that made them possible. This is the story of the lost preseason classic.

Babe Ruth in 1925 — the worst year of his career

On This Date: The $5,000 Hangover That Saved Babe Ruth's Career

August 29, 1925: Babe Ruth strolls in late after a 2:30 a.m. night, and his 5-foot-6 manager fines him $5,000 — setting in motion the greatest recommitment story in baseball history.