Monica is looking forward to a quiet end of the summer on Lucia Street. She´s even beginning to accept her neighborhood and get accustomed to the view from her porch--´´a street lined with run-down ho...
Introduction: Where do dreams end and reality begin? Video games, I suppose. Welcome to Mabase, a pleasant spot somewhere in the middle of Japan known for how much oddity passes unnoticed by its popul...
The New York Mets dominated the National League during the 1986 regular season, but their magical run seemed destined for a disappointing end at the hands of the Boston Red Sox in Game 6 of the World ...
Jack Wilson, by every accounts an average man, described by witnesses as ´´pleasant looking,´´ is one of the countries´ top FBI agents. He shares his life with his girlfriend, Shannon, a professional ...
100+ Page Biographies of Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees with Information That Will Never Go Out of Date Shut out of the major leagues, African American players picked up games wherever they could unt...
When Johnny Bench entered the major leagues in 1967, he redefined the way in which people thought about catchers. An amazing catcher, he was also a powerful hitter. He won ten Gold Glove awards for hi...
Like a photo album, ´´Back Home´´ presents close-up portraits of everyday places and ordinary people. There are meditations on downtown Mobile, where Roy Hoffman´s grandparents arrived as immigrants a...
Jason Siegel thinks his stepfather´s new religious observances have gone far enough. First only kosher food at home. Then he is forced to wear a kippah (yarmulke). Now no baseball games on Shabbat!
Indians gained nationwide visibility as athletes in baseball and football; the teams at boarding schools such as the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania and the Haskell Institute in Kans...
In ´´The Book of Sports Virtues: Portraits from the Field of Play,´´ first-time author Fritz Knapp brings to life the amazing and inspirational stories of some of the greatest athletes ever to grace t...
