Author: Lew Freedman

William F. Buffalo Bill Cody (1846-1917) rose from humble origins in Iowa to become one of the most famous and most photographed people in the w...

A flame-throwing star with the Houston Astros, J. R. Richard was at the top of his profession when he inexplicably began complaining of arm weaknes...

Lowell Thomas Jr. is a famed Alaskan who made his mark as a Bush pilot and by serving in state government, but who also has had a lifetimes worth o...

Ernie Banks is the best-known ballplayer in the history of the Chicago Cubsa man as famous for his personality and trademark phrases as for his acc...

Follow along with award-winning sportswriter Lew Freedman as he journals an unforgettable season of fly fishing along the Kenai River.Just as you n...

Follow along with award-winning sportswriter Lew Freedman as he journals an unforgettable season of fly fishing along the Kenai River. Just as you ...

From Nick Altrock to Casey Stengel, Dizzy Dean to Satchel Paige, Bill Veeck to Bob Uecker, baseball has always admired the clever. This book tel...

More than a century ago, the Philadelphia Athletics enjoyed a glorious five-season run under legendary manager Connie Mack, winning three World ...

George Altman grew up in the segregated South but was able to participate in the sport at more levels of competition than perhaps anyone else wh...

An early celebrity pitcher, Denton Cy Young (1867-1955) established supreme standards on the mound. A small-town Ohio farmer made good, he set M...

When Babe Ruth left the New York Yankees in 1935, some feared that the loss would cripple the club for years. However, the post-Ruth era Yankees co...

Joe Louis held the heavyweight boxing championship longer than any other fighter and defended it a record 25 times. (In the 1930s and 1940s, the...

This is a history of Major League Baseball's first All-Star Game, originally conceived in 1933 as a one-time Game of the Century (including greats ...