Leetch A Hall of Famer, On And Off The Ice

Brian Leetch, here scoring in Game Seven of the 1994 Stanley cup finals, showed true class and character in helping children who lost parents on 9/11.
Hockey fans in general, and New York Ranger fans in particular, know all about newly-inducted Hall of Fame defenseman Brian Leetch and his on-ice exploits.
Leetch, the Rangers second all-time leading [...]

Happy Father’s Day, Dad

The first college football game ever televised, Waynesburg vs. Fordham in 1939.
On a steamy August Saturday afternoon in the summer of 1938, New York right-hander Monte Pearson pitched the first no-hitter in Yankee Stadium history. The Yanks beat the Cleveland Indians, 13-0, that afternoon to complete a doubleheader sweep.
Pearson, shown below,, who was 16-7 that [...]

The Ins and Outs of Baseball’s Hall of Fame

Despite a 266-251 lifetime record, Eppa Rixey is in the Hall of Fame.
Who’s in? Who’s out?
The question of who belongs in the Hall of Fame — and consequently who doesn’t — sparks endless debate among baseball fans.
Well, the SportsLifer is about to solve some of those debates.
At each position, we’ve taken one Hall of Famer [...]

Roles Reversed in Red Sox-Yankee Rivalry

Sometime late in the night of October 17, 2004, the world changed. Up became down. Losers became winners. Winners became losers.
From the rocky shores of Maine to the tiny towns of New England to the Hub that is Boston, the change was felt.
Throughout the metropolitan area and the five boroughs of New York, especially in [...]

First Impressions Aren’t Always Lasting

On April 23, 1952, Hoyt Wilhelm, a rookie with the New York Giants, stepped to the plate and in his first major league at-bat clouted a home run at the Polo Grounds..
A right-handed knuckleballer, Wilhelm went on to record his first major league win that day as the Giants beat the Boston Braves, 9-5.
It marked  [...]

Like Being in Paris: IBM Powers French Open Website

IBM technology practically puts fans on the clay court at Roland Garros Stadium.
The French Open has been full or surprises so far this year. In one of the biggest upsets in tennis history, top-seed and four-time defending champion Rafael Nadal, master of the clay court, was knocked out by unheralded 23-seed Robin Soderling of [...]