Résultats pour "Lou" dans Sports

In this candid, revealing, and entertaining memoir, the beloved New York Yankee legend looks back over his nearly fifty-year career as a player and a manager, sharing insights and stories about some of his most memorable moments and some of the biggest names in Major League Baseball. For nearly...

The lost memoir from Lou Gehrig—“a compelling rumination by a baseball icon and a tragic hero” (Sports Illustrated) and “a fitting tribute to an inspiring baseball legend” (Publishers Weekly). At the tender age of twenty-four, Lou Gehrig decided to tell the remarkable story of his life...

The story of two pioneering Black NFL football players that changed the face of America’s game for generations to come. There is no position in pro sports more important than an NFL quarterback. But quarterbacking was the exclusive domain of white players for many years, and when Doug Williams...

Henry Louis Gehrig (June 19, 1903 to June 2, 1941), born in New York City, was an American baseball player who played 17 seasons for the New York Yankees (1923-1939). The following recording is a radio interview from August 1939 after Gehrig had retired from baseball due to his illness, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable neuromuscular illness which, since then, is often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease."

When I die and people realize that I will not be resurrected in three days, they will forget me. That is the way it should be. For reasons known only to God, I was asked to write an autobiography. Most people who knew me growing up didn't think I would ever read a book, let alone write one...

Last Ride of the Iron Horse tells the tale of Lou Gehrig's final year in the Yankee lineup, as he dealt with early effects of the deadly disease ALS. For much of the 1938 season, Gehrig - dubbed the Iron Horse for his strength and reliability - struggled with slumps and a mystifying loss of power. Fans booed, and sportswriters called for him to be benched.

Lou Gehrig is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time and is credited for changing the way baseball was played. This book will reveal much about Lou's story and the many accomplishments throughout his career.

"Lunedì 6 corrente furono organizzate le feste per i giuochi olimpici. L'aspettativa grandissima che vi era per questi giuochi non fu certamente superiore al risultato. La prima giornata fu splendida e per il concorso del pubblico e per i giuochi stessi che dal lato sportivo nulla lasciarono a desiderare." Così scrisse la neonata Gazzetta dello Sport il 13 aprile 1896.

L'uomo che nel 1997 corre lungo le strade di Tokyo portando la torcia dei giochi invernali di Nagano non è una leggenda olimpica. O perlomeno non lo è in senso classico. Non ha realizzato imprese colossali, frantumato record mondiali o dato vita a duelli memorabili in pista. Grazie a una storia che se non fosse vera sarebbe un romanzo d'avventura.