Every small town doesn’t have a ball park like Muzzy Field in Bristol, Connecticut—but it should. This is Americana. This is old-time baseball. In his first book, sports journalist Douglas Malan chronicles the history of one of the... Read More

In mid-1995, baseball seemed to be finished as the nation’s pastime. A devastating strike ended the 1994 season in mid-August, and no one wanted anything to do with the replacement players that were trotted out for the following Spring... Read More

Danny Granville is the most gifted young baseball player ever to come out of Chicago. His father, Henry, an obsessive fan of the game, can take the credit-and the blame-for igniting Danny’s passion. Henry took Danny to Wrigley Field to... Read More

Charles L. Rhykerd, faculty advisory and coach of the Purdue Trap and Skeet Club for twenty-one years, has well-warranted pride for his team. The fledging club, founded by a handful of shotgun enthusiasts in 1978, has won 142 national... Read More

All right, die-hard golfers-and you know who you are-throw the clubs in the car, and get ready to grip it and rip it on any one of more than 200 great public courses! If you aren’t sure about where to go, well-known golf writer Jeff... Read More

“First it was a mother pushing a baby carriage” the author writes. “then it was the eastern European speed walker now it was the postman…” Passing years and physical inactivity do cruel things to a former athlete like put him... Read More

It’s hard to imagine sitting down with Maurice Elmalem’s comprehensive martial arts guide and getting through it in a day a week or even a month. In fact sitting down is likely the opposite of what Elmalem who holds a slew of world... Read More

Younger football fans can’t conceive of a time when conditions weren’t as they are today, with multi-million-dollar contracts and 300-pound linemen the norm. But the modern NFL did not spring on the scene whole cloth; there were... Read More