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'Hail Mary' pass reception defines Pearson

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:56:00 PST

When Drew Pearson signed with Tulsa, he was a quarterback from South River, N.J. He switched to receiver in his junior season and caught 33 passes for a run-oriented team. He received the TU President's Award as the team's "best spirited and most unselfish” player.

1968 Trackers Remembered For Activism

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:59:00 PST

In a highly-charged racial and political atmosphere in which African-American athletes were under fire and in some cases threatened for considering a boycott of the games, their outstanding performances made it possible for them to use Olympics as a platform to protest racism in America.

A Legend Still Lives

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:51:00 PST

To Syracuse football fans, Ernie Davis was their All-American hero who helped propel the Orangemen to their first national title in 1959 and became the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy after the 1961 season.

The Masters Of 'Outdoor' Hoops

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:52:00 PST

While Saturday's game is being built as making "professional basketball history", the true history of outdoor professional basketball games is a long time tradition that was begun by arguably the world's most famous basketball team -- the Harlem Globetrotters.

Sam Langford: A Champion Uncrowned

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:57:00 PST

Clay Moyle's recent biography, Sam Langford: Boxing's Greates Uncrowned Champion, tells a story of one of boxing’s greatest fighter. It could easily be argued that Sam Langford was the greatest pound for pound fighter in boxing’s history.