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Early Weapons of the American Frontier

Flintlocks first appeared in Western Europe around 1610 in France when Marin le Bourgeois court gunsmith for King Louis XIII combined earlier ignition mechanism...

by Conrad Coleman

November 23 2024

The Game That Was Known As “Miracle on Ice”

In Lake Placid, New York on February 22, 1980, during the Winter Olympic Games the Top Dogs, the Soviet Union Hockey Team were soundly defeated by the United St...

by Dani Ann

November 21 2024

Jackie Robinson Plays Major League Baseball

Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play on a Major League Baseball Team when he began playing First Base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15,...

by Dani Ann

November 21 2024

Serena Williams Wins Her First Grand Slam

Securing her first Grand Slam at the youthful age of 17 years, Serena Williams was showing the world at the 1999 U.S. Open that she was and would be a force to ...

by Regina Martin

November 21 2024

Mary Lou Retton And Her Perfect 10

At the 1984 US Olympics in Los Angeles, California, Mary Lou Retton at the youthful age of sixteen earned two perfect tens during the Floor Competition and agai...

by Dani Ann

November 21 2024

Tiger Woods Victorious 1997 Masters Win

Tiger Woods became the youngest golf professional to win the Masters at the youthful age of twenty-one by dominating his competitors by a 12-stroke margin. Tige...

by Dani Ann

November 21 2024

Muhammad Ali’s 'Rumble in the Jungle'

In Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, dethroned Muhammad Ali knocked out Heavyweight World Champion George Foreman in the eighth round to regain hi...

by Dani Ann

November 21 2024

Brandi Chastain Wins World Cup

In the oppressive summer heat of 1999 with a crowd of 90,000 fans watching, Brandi Chastain using her left foot sacked the penalty kick to the right-top corner ...

by Dani Ann

November 21 2024

Today's Issue		Thursday 9th January 2025

Sports Facts

Early Weapons of the American Frontier

Flintlocks first appeared in Western Europe around 1610 in France when Marin le Bourgeois court gunsmith for King Louis XIII combined earlier ignition mechanism...

The Game That Was Known As “Miracle on Ice”

In Lake Placid, New York on February 22, 1980, during the Winter Olympic Games the Top Dogs, the Soviet Union Hockey Team were soundly defeated by the United St...

Jackie Robinson Plays Major League Baseball

Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play on a Major League Baseball Team when he began playing First Base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15,...

Serena Williams Wins Her First Grand Slam

Securing her first Grand Slam at the youthful age of 17 years, Serena Williams was showing the world at the 1999 U.S. Open that she was and would be a force to ...

Mary Lou Retton And Her Perfect 10

At the 1984 US Olympics in Los Angeles, California, Mary Lou Retton at the youthful age of sixteen earned two perfect tens during the Floor Competition and agai...

Tiger Woods Victorious 1997 Masters Win

Tiger Woods became the youngest golf professional to win the Masters at the youthful age of twenty-one by dominating his competitors by a 12-stroke margin. Tige...

Muhammad Ali’s 'Rumble in the Jungle'

In Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, dethroned Muhammad Ali knocked out Heavyweight World Champion George Foreman in the eighth round to regain hi...

Brandi Chastain Wins World Cup

In the oppressive summer heat of 1999 with a crowd of 90,000 fans watching, Brandi Chastain using her left foot sacked the penalty kick to the right-top corner ...