America's national pastime is chronicled in this collection. "The Early Years" highlights baseball legends Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Stan Musial, while "The Fabulous Fifties" covers some of the sport's greatest players, including Yogi Berra, Jackie Robinson, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. "The Modern Era" profiles amazing hitters and pitchers Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Reggie Jackson and Nolan Ryan.
America's national pastime is chronicled in this collection. "The Early Years" highlights baseball legends Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Stan Musial, while "The Fabulous Fifties" covers some of the sport's greatest players, including Yogi Berra, Jackie Robinson, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays. "The Modern Era" profiles amazing hitters and pitchers Hank Aaron, Sandy Koufax, Reggie Jackson and Nolan Ryan.
In 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle played for the New York Yankees. One, Mantle, was universally loved, while the other, Maris, was universally hated. Both men started off with a bang, and both were nearing Babe Ruth's 60 home run record. Which man would reach it?
Buck Weaver and Hap Felsch are young idealistic players on the Chicago White Sox, a pennant-winning team owned by Charles Comiskey - a penny-pinching, hands-on manager who underpays his players and treats them with disdain. And when gamblers and hustlers discover that Comiskey's demoralized players are ripe for a money-making scheme, one by one the team members agree to throw the World Series. But when the White Sox are defeated, a couple of sports writers smell a fix and a national scandal explodes, ripping the cover off America's favorite pastime.
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black man to play in Major League Baseball facing unabashed racism from the public, the press and other players.
Since 1912, baseball has been a game obsessed with statistics and speed. Thrown at upwards of 100 miles per hour, a fastball moves too quickly for human cognition and accelerates into the realm of intuition. Fastball is a look at how the game at its highest levels of achievement transcends logic and even skill, becoming the primal struggle for man to control the uncontrollable.
All Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row Records. Against insurmountable odds, Tupac rose to become a cultural icon whose career and persona both continue to grow long after his passing.
The remarkable coming-of-age story of Stephen Curry—one of the most influential, dynamic, and unexpected players in basketball history—and his rise from an undersized college player to a four-time NBA champion.
Explore the unlikely partnership and enduring legacy of one of the most prolific power couples in entertainment history. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz risked everything to be together.
Based on a true story, a group of boys from Monterrey, Mexico who become the first non-U.S. team to win the Little League World Series.
Follow the launch of Lamborghini’s career as a manufacturer of tractors, a creator of military vehicles during World War II, and the designer of Lamborghini cars, which he launched in 1963 as the high-end sports car company Automobili Lamborghini.