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2 months ago | 
andscape.com | William Weinbaum
“Age is a question of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.” – Leroy “Satchel” PaigeLong after Satchel Paige became a legend for the ages as a pitcher, performer and philosopher, he achieved one of the most remarkable feats in baseball history on Sept. 25, 1965.
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2 months ago | 
andscape.com | William Weinbaum
In Part 1 of Andscape’s in-depth Black History Month story about 1965, when Satchel Paige became the oldest player ever to appear in a Major League Baseball game, his Kansas City Athletics teammates and others revisited the hoopla when he joined the ballclub, including owner Charlie Finley providing an on-field rocking chair for the 59-year-old legend. Part 2 picks up the story on Sept.
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Feb 11, 2025 | 
espn.com | William Weinbaum
When the Auburn men's basketball team visits Vanderbilt tonight, the matchup will pit the nation's top-ranked team against the most-penalized team for field and court storming this school year. In just the past four months, the Southeastern Conference has levied $850,000 in fines against Vanderbilt.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
espn.com | William Weinbaum
Of all the photos documenting the life of former Arizona Cardinals defensive back Pat Tillman, one stood out so vividly that it inspired a statue outside the team's stadium honoring Tillman after his 2004 death while serving with the Army Rangers in Afghanistan. Tillman's story has been told and retold, but rarely does the public get to know the story of photographers such as Gene Lower, who is responsible for that iconic image of Tillman celebrating a tackle 26 years ago.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
owensbororadio.com | William Weinbaum |Tod Robberson
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
msn.com | William Weinbaum
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
espn.co.uk | William Weinbaum |Tod Robberson |Jeremy Schaap
Of all the photos documenting the life of former Arizona Cardinals defensive back Pat Tillman, one stood out so vividly that it inspired a statue outside the team's stadium honoring Tillman after his 2004 death while serving with the Army Rangers in Afghanistan. Tillman's story has been told and retold, but rarely does the public get to know the story of photographers such as Gene Lower, who is responsible for that iconic image of Tillman celebrating a tackle 26 years ago.
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Jun 16, 2024 | 
andscape.com | William Weinbaum |Willie Weinbaum
When Hall of Fame baseball player Jackie Robinson was born in 1919, Father’s Day was not a nationwide event and had only been in existence for nine years. He never got to celebrate one with his father. Jerry Robinson abandoned his family in 1920, leaving Mallie McGriff Robinson to raise Jackie and his four older siblings on her own. It wasn’t until the spring of 1972, the year Robinson died, that the U.S. made Father’s Day an official holiday, 58 years after Mother’s Day became one.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
thegamenashville.com | William Weinbaum |Jeremy Schaap
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | William Weinbaum |Jeremy Schaap
When Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan on April 22, 2004, the news stunned his fellow Americans. He was one of the most famous soldiers since Elvis Presley and perhaps the most famous American killed in combat since the legendary war correspondent Ernie Pyle in World War II. The story of Tillman's death at age 27 -- and of the aftermath of the tragedy -- revolves around a series of inexplicable command decisions that, even today, confound his family and those who served with him.
