Lou Gehrig, great American baseball player, wrote many personal checks in his lifetime. Lou Gehrig signed bank check for $25 from the First National Bank of New Rochelle, New York with his rarer full name, “Henry Louis Gehrig” on 19th May, 1936 brought $14,950. Henry Louis “Lou” Gehrig was an American Major League Baseball first [...]
Have you ever wondered where the ball from World Cup Final of 1966 is kept? It is the deepest and darkest corner of Lancashire in England where lies a small football-mad town, Preston. The town offers the star attraction for the visitors - National Football Museum. England was the birthplace for the world’s most popular [...]
The shirt worn by Pele, the legendary footballer of Brazil, in his final international appearance is to be sold at Bonhams in the city of Chester as a part of its Sporting Memorabilia sale. Pele had worn that shirt in his final international match which was held between Brazil and Yugoslavia on 18 July 1971 [...]
Situated at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown of New York, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American historical museum. It is an independent and non-profit educational institution which is dedicated to the appreciation of the historical development of baseball and its impact on culture by collecting, exhibiting, preserving and interpreting its [...]
Pirates won the World Series in 1960 with a dramatic home run from Bill Mazeroski and hisspectacular bat. Oh, what a match! I want that bat – the legendry bat of Mazeroski. In Pittsburgh on October 13th 1960, at first the Pirates made out giving a 2-0 lead. Stafford was all set to bring Yankees [...]
Ashes, the most celebrated rivalry cricket test game is played between Australia and England since 1882. The most commonly talked urn is composed of ashes of cricket bails. The cricket test match ‘The Ashes’ is composed of a 5 day game with 2 innings per match following all the regular test match rules. If the [...]
