Althea Gibson

Actor Jack Nicholson, rock 'n' roller Jon Bon Jovi and basketball pro Shaquille O'Neal are among 30 nominees to the New Jersey Hall of Fame announced Tuesday. Members of the public will help select the 10 inductees for the Hall's second class by...

On Aug. 22, 1775, England's King George III proclaimed the American colonies in a state of open rebellion. In 1787 inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates of the Continental Congress. In 1846 the United...

Saturday morning, on the pockmarked grass at Wimbledon's center court, two sisters from Compton will trade booming serves and bolo-punch forehands for the All England title. When the last ball is struck and Venus and Serena Williams embrace at net,...

The final drive of the football season will be longer than the 83 yards the Giants traveled in the waning minutes of Super Bowl XLII. It is expected to attract many multiples of the 71,101 witnesses to the 17-14 victory over the New England Patriots in...

WASHINGTON - As the letters from senators and congressmen were read, and tributes came from athletes, peers and family, maybe the most touching words came from former Colts and Hall of Fame running back Lenny Moore. "Thank you, Sam," said Moore, as he...

This week at Shinnecock Hills, a person of color will approach the first tee, pull a driver out of his bag, begin playing in the U.S. Open and will understandably make some of his competitors in the mostly white tournament feel uncomfortable. In that...

1664: The first organized sport in America, horse racing, begins when the first English Governor of New York, Richard Nicolls, establishes the Newmarket Course at Hempstead Plains, close to the present site of Roosevelt Raceway. The purpose was to...

TENNIS WAS INVENTED in England and its first American tournaments were played in Newport, Rhode Island, now home to the sport's hall of fame. But the tennis event that has rivaled Wimbledon as the world's largest and most important for almost a century...