All of his contemporaries and baseball historians would agree that Grover Cleveland Alexander was among the greatest pitchers ever: 373 victories (90 of them shutouts), a microscopic 2.56 ERA, 2,198 strikeouts and owner of an excellent heater, a...
Conservatism—social, political and otherwise—used to be the most basic ingredient in the cultural fabric at Texas A&M. Not until 1963 were women and blacks allowed to enroll, which is to say it had long been an all-male, virtually all-White...
Nearly three decades have passed since Mademoiselle B.P. and I were a couple. This woman, a bit older than me, grew up in a small village in France and had a most beguiling accent. I regret not having asked her about the French Revolution...
Here in the year of our Lord 2022, I doubt you could find anyone with whom I sympathize less than pro basketball and football players. Contemptuous of fans, self-absorbed and prone to violence, they strut and preen, and are lavishly paid...
Born and raised in the Protestant (Presbyterian, to be specific) tradition, I have some trouble relating to Catholicism. What I find most bothersome is the overemphasis on Mary, the saints and the Pope. Ah, the Bishop of Rome! Some of these “holy...
I think Katie Ledecky should go ahead and state her views. Regarded by many people as the finest female swimmer of all time (she currently holds numerous world records and won seven gold medals and three silver medals at the London, Rio de...
The cognomen “Lovelace” originated with her suitcase-pimp husband Chuck Traynor. Star of a painfully tawdry film that somehow became the subject of academic discourse, she had good reason to abhor it—and him. Since the name is so well known...
As of this writing, he has scored 35,787 points and collected 9,849 rebounds for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Miami Heat, the Cavs again and the Los Angeles Lakers; won four titles (two in Miami, one in Cleveland and one in LA); been on the cover...
All have passed away: President John F. Kennedy and Dallas policeman J.D. Tippit (both d. 1963), Texas Governor John Connally (d. 1993), Jesse Curry (Dallas police chief, d. 1980), Will Fritz (captain of the DPD’s homicide and robbery division...
Despite the passage of almost 70 years, sports historians still remember the Helsinki Olympics of 1952. The Soviet Union, the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Israel and Thailand took part for the first time; (West) Germany and...
How many modern-day baseball fans could identify Charles Leo “Gabby” Hartnett? Very few. I find this odd since he was quite a player. A Rhode Island native, he was with the Chicago Cubs from 1922 to 1940 and had one final season with the New York...
I do not live in the past, but sometimes I find myself reminiscing about the 700-plus races I ran between 1979 and 2016. The competition, the friendships made, the occasional atrocious weather—great, great memories. While I can’t do it anymore...
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