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Archive for the Sports Category (15 Posts)

Eleven Stanford University football players set in formation with center waiting to snap ball to quarterback. Cartoon illustration bracketing either side of main photo.

1902 Rose Bowl: First College Bowl Game

Posted by: Mike Queen

Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers, Sports

A child carrying a bundle of newspapers in one hand, the other arm held high with a copy of the Anchorage Daily Times, the headline reading

Negro Leagues Baseball Trivia

Posted by: Mike Queen

Posted in: African American History, Baseball, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers, Sports

A child carrying a bundle of newspapers in one hand, the other arm held high with a copy of the Anchorage Daily Times, the headline reading

Behind the Byline: Damon Runyon, More Than a Sportswriter

Posted by: Mike Queen

Posted in: Baseball, Behind the Bylines, Digitized Newspapers, Newspapers, Sports

A child carrying a bundle of newspapers in one hand, the other arm held high with a copy of the Anchorage Daily Times, the headline reading

Toni Stone: First Woman to Play Big-League Baseball.

Posted by: Amber Paranick

Posted in: African American History, Baseball, Biography, Newspapers, Sports, Women's History

A child carrying a bundle of newspapers in one hand, the other arm held high with a copy of the Anchorage Daily Times, the headline reading

Women of Winter Sports: The First U.S. Olympic Ski Medalists

Posted by: Malea Walker

Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Sports, Women's History

A group of boys in baseball uniforms cheer with hands raised in the air.

When Little League Became Big News

Posted by: Malea Walker

Posted in: Baseball, Digitized Newspapers, Sports

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Pickleball in the Press

Posted by: Amber Paranick

Posted in: Newspapers, Sports

A young African American woman, Althea Gibson, smiles at the camera.

Althea Gibson: Tennis Turmoil and Triumph

Posted by: Malea Walker

Posted in: African American History, Biography, Digitized Newspapers, Sports, Women's History

A child carrying a bundle of newspapers in one hand, the other arm held high with a copy of the Anchorage Daily Times, the headline reading

Good News!

Posted by: Amber Paranick

Posted in: African American History, Digitized Newspapers, Holidays, Newspaper Comic Strips, Newspapers, Sports, Women's History