Who is Babe Ruth’s real family? Nobody knows for certain. [snorts] His father, George Herman Ruth, Senior, his mother, Catherine, both from Baltimore, both poor, both struggling with alcohol. And...
For eight agonizing months, the basketball world was forced to endure a quiet void, a noticeable absence of the electrifying pace, audacious deep-range shooting, and pinpoint playmaking that had become...
Essex Fels, New Jersey. The Sylvester home. October 8th, 1926. Friday morning. An 11-year-old boy lies in bed. His name is Johnny Sylvester. He cannot move, cannot speak, cannot open...
November 2nd, 1934, Tokyo. Outside Maji Jingu Stadium, 8:00 in the morning, an elderly Japanese man stands in front of Babe Ruth, former samurai class. His family’s honor earned in...
On a Tuesday afternoon in March of 1962, a 30-year-old farmer named Earl Dunlap walked into the First National Bank of Kuster County, Nebraska, and did something that would make...
Detroit, Michigan. Naven Field, August 18th, 1924. Monday afternoon. Second base. Two outs. Ruth is sliding. Tai Cobb is coming. Both want the ball. Neither backing down. The collision is...
On a Monday morning in March of 1968, a 22-year-old farmer named Danny Jarvis drove his Farm All H into the parking lot of Becker Equipment in Cado County, Oklahoma....
On a July evening in 1974, somewhere around 9:00, a farmer named Russell Creed started his tractor and drove out to his fields in the dark. His neighbor Dale Hutchkins...
September 22nd, 1928. St. Louis, seventh inning. Score 2 to2. The beer bottle is airborne, spinning as it comes. Brown glass catching sunlight. Target: Babe Ruth’s head. 35,000 Cardinals fans...
St. Louis, Missouri. Train station. August 29th, 1925. Saturday morning. Babe Ruth has been drinking all night, gambling, no sleep. He missed the 6:00 a.m. train. The team went to...