The US Navy gave this sailor a furlough during WWI to play in the World Series
Frederick Thomas got at least two major breaks in his life. His first came in 1911 while visiting a baseball game in Wisconsin with his dad. That break led him…
How baseball helped sell record numbers of WWII war bonds
During WWII, baseball was most renowned as America’s pastime. A three-way game was played in New York City between the New York Giants, Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees….
Vin Scully, Voice of the Dodgers and Navy veteran, dies at 94
Vin Scully’s career with the Dodgers spanned 67 years and two cities. He maintains the longest tenure of any broadcaster with a single professional sports team and is second only…
No sports? What happens now?
So this week was a bit strange, huh?
With the spread of the coronavirus around the country, we saw the unprecedented stoppage of sporting events around the world and in the United States. Starting with several universities canceling conferenc…
The Coast Guard disrupted this year’s 4/20 with a multimillion-dollar drug bust
The only constant in the military world is chaos. No two weeks are alike, and you’ve got to roll with the punches — but that doesn’t mean you need to roll blindly. Each week, we put together a collection of the most interesting stories to come f…