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John Banks
A longtime journalist, Banks was a senior editor for ESPN.com and The Dallas Morning News. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Civil War Times, Civil War Monitor, Civil War News, America's Civil War and Military Images, among other publications.
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Hitler's 1942 decision to attack the city named after the Soviet leader proved devastating and fateful.
'I haven’t even driven a car in anything like that,' a player said about the conditions at the Philadelphia Eagles-Chicago Bears playoff game in 1988.
In an epic, double-overtime game on Christmas Day 1971, Miami Dolphins kicker Garo Yepremian booted the Kansas City Chiefs from the playoffs.
Minutes before the 1976 MLB trade deadline, a flurry of sales went down—only to be blocked by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn.
On April 2, 1931, minor leaguer Jackie Mitchell fanned the Yankees' sluggers in an exhibition, a feat widely celebrated. But was it a stunt or legit?
Its true origins are murky. But Canada, beginning in the 19th century, gets credit for modernizing—and popularizing—the game we know today.
Photographs taken of Lincoln between 1859 and 1865 reveal how increasingly careworn he became.
The 16th president had a stern father, a supportive stepmother and a beleaguered wife.
Rugged conditions. Heavy labor. Minimal schooling. And a mother gone too soon.
The Hall of Famer won 511 games, but that's not his only untouchable record.