Sports Historians Gifts

'He's been this way since the Red Sox won the pennant!'

Spectators at a coliseum

Racy Sketches

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

Pete Sampras

Funky Facts: Football.

Trojan Hurdler.

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

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

Remarkable run-ups 1890-1940

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

Stadium. No fans allowed. In baseball, "shutout" now has two meanings.

'Sounds like it'll flop.'

Golfers forming the raising the flag on Iwo Jima.

Classic Halftime Shows (Super Bowl III)

Harbaugh bragging rights 2043...

Sisyphus pushing a huge basketball up the hill

Before instant replay.

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

Mudville

Kane and Abe L.

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

Ancient Roman Cheerleaders.

Cartoon on Sachin Tendulkar's comparison to Don Bradman

'Olympic stadium for sale available 2013.'

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

Where are they now? Paul Henderson.

England And The Ashes

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

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

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

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

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

Maradona memorial.

Bill Shankland