Sports and Recreation

In the late nineteenth century, cycling became a popular American pastime. The League of American Wheelmen, a…

Forrest C. “Phog” Allen, whose foghorn voice earned him his nickname, was a masterful,…

By popular consensus, Tom Bass was one of the most skillful and popular horsemen of his era. At the time of his…

Pitching immortal Satchel Paige, noted for his tall tales as much as his pitching, claimed that James “Cool Papa”…

Curt Flood spent most of his baseball career with the St. Louis Cardinals, playing center field for them from 1958…

Born on April 27, 1896, at Winters, Texas, Rogers Hornsby began his professional baseball…

Kansas City’s sports fans might be forgiven for overlooking or choosing to forget that American League…

At the intersection of Route 66 and Highway 5 in Lebanon, Nelson’s Dream Village was one of the finest…

James M. Owen, a young advertising and insurance professional in Jefferson City, left mid-…

The O’Joe Club in Noel, Missouri, was one of the first commercial resorts in the Ozarks. Although it was not…