Sports Historian Pillows

W. G. Grace

Tour de Lance Over. Next year the To de France returns!

Cartoon on Sachin Tendulkar's comparison to Don Bradman

'The MCC celebrate a famous victory' group of dodgy looking old English men holding drinking glasses

"No, the guy with the bat doesn't get to kill the guys with the mitts."

'Mogug is big and strong, and swings his club with power. I suggest we let him play rightfield and bat third.'

'Oh, for the good old peaceful test match.'

Don Bradman

Man at Heavens gate being asked '...and what about the LBW decision on August 19th 1973...?'

Before instant replay.

Remarkable run-ups 1890-1940

John Wooden.

"I don't care if it's more bouncy - it threatens the integrity of the game."

Footballers in the Middle Ages.

'Olympic stadium for sale available 2013.'

Mudville

'Dewey! Grandpa's stuck again. Give him a couple of whacks upside the head.'

Funky Facts: Football.

Trojan Hurdler.

'The 'Leviathan Bat,' or many centuried marvel of the modern (cricket) world. (Dr. William Gilbert Grace.)'

It had been a while, but he had finally come home.

Sisyphus pushing a huge basketball up the hill

Kane and Abe L.

'When I was a kid, we had to do our own instant replays.'

'You don't know why you're down here?... Aren't you the guy that invented the high five in sports?'

'That stranger's tellin' the truth, sheriff. Ol' Buford here done went into his windup first.'

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Bill Shankland

Evelyn Sacheverell de Grymmes-personal description

Who should have been nominated to baseball's hall of fame 2013...

Maradona memorial.

Pierre de Coubertin - Founder of the Modern Olympics

Spectators at a coliseum

World's Oldest Ball Boy.

Diego Maradona, 1960-2020