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Posted by: Malea Walker
This year the Washington Nationals will celebrate their 5-year anniversary since winning the World Series in 2019. But did you know that the Nationals won the World Series 100 years ago as well? Better known as the Washington Senators at the time, the team had officially changed its name to the Washington Nationals in 1905, …
Posted in: Baseball, Newspapers, Sports
Posted by: Malea Walker
The ski slopes are busy and the Winter Olympics are just over the horizon. Soon men and women from all over the world will compete in a variety of skiing events including alpine skiing and ski jumping. The U.S. won its first medals for skiing at the Olympics in 1948. Did you know that the …
Posted in: Digitized Newspapers, Sports, Women's History
Posted by: Malea Walker
Started in small-town Williamsport, PA, as a pastime for boys, Little League's popularity exploded after WWII as hundreds of leagues started up and the Little League World Series became a major event.
Posted in: Baseball, Digitized Newspapers, Sports
Posted by: Malea Walker
Althea Gibson dominated women's tennis in the 1950s, winning titles at all of the major tournaments. But as the first African American woman to win those events, and in some cases, the first to be allowed to play in them, the road was rough.
Posted in: African American History, Biography, Digitized Newspapers, Sports, Women's History
Posted by: Malea Walker
For 82 years people have tried to solve the mystery Amelia Earhart's disappearance, but in 1937 America remembered her as the brave pioneer woman who conquered flight.
Posted in: Biography, Digitized Newspapers, Mystery, Sports, Women's History