Silvano Alves, from Brazil, aboard Showoff, competes at a Professional Bull Riders event in 2013. Bull riding is a brutal and unforgiving sport. Professional bull riders lead a nomadic existence, ...

Many famous athletes perfect their craft in team sports, where teammates and coaches aid their greatness. But how great would Babe Ruth have been without fellow Bronx Bombers like Lou Gehrig to keep ...

Baseball gloves have evolved since they were first introduced in the 1870s. Philadelphia Athletics shortstop Jack Wallaesa works on his fielding at spring training in 1946. More than any major ...

Many boys and girls grow up dreaming about competing in pro sports one day. But as that NCAA commercial tells us, nearly 99 percent of athletes don’t end up turning pro. However, perhaps a step above ...

Winning football games is a tradition at Long Beach Poly in Southern California. High school football has become more than local news. Networks like ESPN and Fox Sports devote time and money to ...

Air Jordans reached new heights after Michael Jordan's performance in the 1988 NBA Slam Dunk Contest. Some of the best basketball players have worn some of the best shoes. But just as there are ...

Tom Hanks, center, shares some laughs with Dennis Miller, left, and Ron Howard at the old ballgame. Celebrities are just like us. They are human after all. Although they’re a little higher profile, ...

The entertaining 2017 Hollywood film "Borg vs. McEnroe" about the personalities and events leading up to the epic 1980 Wimbledon duel between tennis greats Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe raises the ...

Leroy "Satchel" Paige pitched 16 years in the Negro Leagues. The Negro major leagues are kind of like a Rubik’s Cube. Fun to play with, difficult to figure out. More than any other sport, baseball is ...

In some parts of the country, high school football teams have traditions and legacies that stretch back to the beginnings of the sport. In other parts, high school football dynasties have just sprung ...

The banana slug is the beloved mascot for the University of California, Santa Cruz. Sports can be serious business, but some people understand that sports are too important to be taken seriously. Just ...

The value of NFL teams and the wealth of their owners has shot through the stratosphere in the last two decades. It was just 20 years ago that you could still get an NFL team for a bargain basement ...