A little incident in the daily life of prehistoric man, showing the origin of the happy expression worn by all sprinters as they approa...

Tonight the music will play and the games will open on an eastern stage as Sochi, Russia plays host to the games for the first time since th...

A lot has been said about the personal lives of sports figures and, with the NFL being the most popular game going in the US, its probably b...

I'm posting this the day after the playoffs as a reminder of all the wonderful virtues we sports fans should  aspire to uphold. I bro...

Welcome to the post season, football fans. All the prognostication is over and the swollen-headed experts can pretend the fantasy scenario...

One great thing about combing through old magazines is that, on occasion, you come across something you've never heard of. Humanity is c...

The Major League Baseball playoffs have arrived and in the wake of doping, BALCO, and ignominious testimony before congress by some of t...

Came across this image of Johnny Unitas in a 60's issue of Boy's Life . I think he's expressing a sentiment felt by every NFL...

One week into the NFL season and some of us already can sympathize with the sentiment of this 1941 beer ad. I don't know if defeat ac...

For those of us who are fans of American football, something like a holiday is about to happen. Preseason has concluded, the bugs suppo...

I have to admit that this possibly looks like the most perfect job either. Imagine sitting up close to the game with your portable, typing ...

  Welcome to NFL preseason, the time when hope reigns supreme and every fan believes deep within their being this could be the year!...

Our first color ad comes from 1950 and, as the big day is very near, I thought I'd go with a beverage that will be consumed in quan...

Every magazine gives its own take on what’s important about the race. For Boy’s Life that means an emphasis on the Boy Scouts and in W...

I’m a fan of old fashioned watches and that fascination drew me to the ad for this double-faced design by Gruen. The ad mentioned Wilbu...

Auto Racing - the Sport of Death? Life Magazine took a harsh line when reporting on the 1939 Indy 500, kicking their article off wi...

1926 issue of Popular Mechanics featured an article on race car builder Harry Miller. Reading this piece brought back memories of my gra...