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Anaheim Stadium in color, the Big A behind left field

On This Date: They Broke Ground on the Big A (Aug. 31, 1964) — And the 5 Greatest Nights It Ever Hosted

On this date in 1964, Gene Autry — the Singing Cowboy turned baseball owner — stood on a patch of Orange County farmland where alfalfa and orange groves grew, and watched a shovel go into the dirt. The $24 million stadium that rose from that field would host a still-standing strikeout

College All-Stars under the Soldier Field lights

When the NFL Champs Had to Play the College Kids — Every August, for 42 Years

Imagine this today: the Chiefs win the Super Bowl, and their reward is an August exhibition against a team of unsigned draft picks — Caleb Williams, Marvin Harrison Jr., a coaching staff of legends — in front of 90,000 people. And if they lose, it counts. Not in the standings. Forever,

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