Fred Fleig was an executive with the Cincinnati Reds who later became secretary and treasurer of the National League, before it merged into the Major League Baseball organization. His widow claims the ...

The National League opened play in 1876. For the next 30-some years, pitchers were simply expected to finish what they started. But in about 1904, New York Giants manager John McGraw essentially ...

It has been a vast evolution since the first National League season in 1876, which featured only 70 games. It's safe to say as the sport has evolved, so has the apparatus around it. On top of the ...

The results of the 1876 presidential election between Samuel Tilden and Rutherford Hayes were close enough to require recounts of ballots in Louisiana. President Ulysses S. Grant sent this telegram ...

In the Jim Crow South, activists became martyrs at the hands of white racists, all for the just cause of using the vote to ...

In 1876, the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs pioneered the for-profit, closed league granting teams exclusive ...

In 44 games that Jim Thorpe played for Carlisle, he had 53 touchdowns. He would finish this season with 25 touchdowns and 198 ...

Week 10 NFL Capsules New York Giants (2-7) vs. Carolina Panthers (2-7) at Munich, Germany, 9:30 a.m. ET, NFL Network A change ...

With the creation of the Office of Election Crimes and Security, voting rights advocates say the gloves came off in the ...

including 21-15 overall and 11-9 in the Horizon League last season. --Field Level Media Since 1876, the Black Hills Pioneer ...