“There’s no crying in baseball!” That’s the most frequently quoted line from A League of Their Own, the 1992 feature film about the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which opened the door for women to play pro ball when World War II sent numerous MLB players into combat. But the film’s most compelling conversation takes place between Dottie Hinson, the… Read more »
In the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, marathon runner John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania finished last. But there’s quite a bit more to his story. Akhwari was one of the world’s best long distance runners. He had never trained at high altitudes, however, such as those in central Mexico. Several miles into the marathon, Akhwari began to cramp. Then, approaching the… Read more »
Yitzhak Perlman has enjoyed a lifelong love affair with the violin. The native Israeli was first drawn to its sound at age three, when he was captivated by a classical music performance on the radio. Denied admission to a musical conservatory because he was too small to hold a real instrument, he nonetheless taught himself to play the violin by using a toy fiddle…. Read more »
