Sports
Best Athlete By Home State
Submitted by podizz on Thu, 01/19/2012 - 07:44Tags:
- Texas-Rogers Hornsby, Babe Zaharias Didrickson, Tris Speaker, Nolan Ryan, George Foreman, Jack Johnson, Ben Hogan, Lance Armstrong, Joe Greene, Byron Nelson, Sammy Baugh, Mike Singletary, Dick Night Train Lane
- California-Ted Williams, Joe Dimaggio, Tiger Woods, Anthony Munoz
- Alabama-Willie Mays, Hank Aaron, Bo Jackson, Charles Barkley, Bart Starr
- New York-Lou Gehrig, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Julius Erving, Sid Luckman
- Mississippi-Jerry Rice, Walter Payton, Brett Favre
- Ohio-Cy Young, Mike Schmidt, Jack Nicklaus, Pete Rose, John Havlicek, Lebron James, Jack Lambert, Jerry Lucas, Roger Staubach
Best Ballplayer by State
Submitted by podizz on Sat, 01/07/2012 - 12:43- Maryland-Babe Ruth
- California-Ted Williams, Joe Dimaggio
- Alabama-Willie Mays, Hank Aaron
- New York-Lou Gehrig
- Georgia-Ty Cobb
- Texas-Rogers Hornsby, Tris Speaker, Nolan Ryan
- Ohio-Cy Young, Mike Schmidt, Pete Rose
- Pennsylvania-Stan Musial, Honus Wagner
- Oklahoma-Mickey Mantle
- Missouri-Yogi Berra
- Arkansas-Brooks Robinson
- Nebraska-Pete Alexander
- Louisiana-Mel Ott
- Iowa-Bob Feller
- Idaho-Harmon Killebrew
- Colorado-Roy Halladay, Goose Gossage
- Kentucky-Pee Wee Reese
- Massachusetts-Tom Glavine, Mickey Cochrane
- Illinois-Kirby Puckett, Lou Boudreau
- Indiana-Mordecai Three Finger Brown
- New J
Ballplayers Who Had Their Careers Interrupted By Military Service
Submitted by podizz on Fri, 12/16/2011 - 08:13Willie Mays-Most of 52 and 53 Drafted in 1952 for service in the Korean War. He would spend most of his term actually playing baseball at Fort Eustis, Virginia.
Ballplayers Whose Careers Were Interrupted By Military Service
Submitted by podizz on Wed, 12/14/2011 - 12:31- Willie Mays-Most of 52 and 53 Drafted in 1952 for service in the Korean War. He would spend most of his term actually playing baseball at Fort Eustis, Virginia.
- Ted Williams-Originally deferred from military service in 1941 on the grounds that his mother was a dependent, Williams took a great deal of heat from the public for being a perceived dodger. He would soon sign on on his own accord, spending 3 years learning to fly for the duration of the war.
Athletes Who Changed the Game
Submitted by podizz on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 09:04Tags:
- Babe Ruth
- Jackie Robinson
- Pele
- Red Grange
- George Mikan
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Curt Flood
- Johnny Unitas
- Muhammad Ali
- William (Pudge) Heffelfinger
- Arnold Palmer
- Don Hutson
- Michael Jordan
- Wayne Gretzky
- Tiger Woods
- Sam Cunningham
- Bill Russell
- Bob Gibson
- Wilt Chamberlain
- Jesse Owens
- Pete Gogolack
- Lawrence Taylor
- Jose Canseco
- Joe Namath
- William Renshaw
- Arthur Ashe
- Albert Spalding
- Yao Ming
Key Figures in the History of American Football (non-players)
Submitted by podizz on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 08:17- Pete Rozzelle NFL Commissioner 1960-1989 Its almost hard to overstate the impact Rozzelle had in turning fooball into the national obsession and economic superpower it is today. A gifted marketer first and foremost, he sold football to mainstream America through the use of television, making autumn Sundays practically synonymous with football. First nonathelete to with Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. Baseball had six commissioners during his tenure.
Greatest Figures in Basketball History (Non-Player)
Submitted by podizz on Thu, 10/20/2011 - 07:02Tags:
- James Naismith
- Red Auerbach
- Maurice Podoloff
- John Wooden
- Chick Hearn
- Walter A Brown
- Pat Summit
- Lawrence Fleisher
- Larry O'Brien
- Phil Jackson
Most Important Non-Players/Managers In Baseball History
Submitted by podizz on Fri, 10/14/2011 - 07:04- --Alexander Cartwright, Jr. In truth, there is no patient zero, no moment when the inspiration for baseball was beamed down from the heavens. For centuries, men had played cricket, rounders, and various other games featuring bat and ball. However, if you're going to point to one man who truly set the wheels of baseball in motion, that man is Alexander Cartwright. Cartwright was a bank teller and volunteer firefighter, who for many years had played various ball games around the parks in New York City.
Countries who have held the unofficial world champion title in football (soccer)
Submitted by nukualofa on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 03:22Tags:
Make yours @ BigHugeLabs.com- Current champion: North Korea - gained their title in a 1-0 win over Japan Nov 15 2011, in Pyongyang, North Korea
- Previous champions:
- Japan
To arrive at these projections, I averaged the 2 years prior and 1 year following their service to create a reasonable estimate for what each ballplayer would have achieved had they not left for war.
WWII
As Europe erupted, baseball had one of the most memorable seasons ever. Dodgers finally won, williams 400 and dimaggio 56 games. two months and 1 day after 41 world series, pearl harbor was attacked
over 340 major leaguers enlisted, most just played baseball for the army and navy, raising money for the war effort and keeping morale high
roosevelt encouraged baseball to continue through war. The majors were depleted, give chances to a 15 year old player-joe nuxall, a one armed man- pete gray, many came out of retirement