Life & Style

Someone Had to Invent the High Five — Here’s the Disputed Story of How It Happened

You’ve done it countless times, but the high five’s origin is still unclear, with multiple theories and no definitive answer ...
Us Weekly

You’ve Done It a Thousand Times — But Who Actually Invented the High-Five? Inside the Debated Origin

The high-five is everywhere today, but its origin story spans baseball, basketball and cultural history — and no one can ...

The High Five Dates to a 1977 Dodgers Home Run, but Its True Origin Is Still Debated

The most widely accepted origin story traces the high five to Oct. 2, 1977, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Dodgers left ...
Yahoo! Sports

The high five isn’t as old as you think: Do you know who invented it?

(NEXSTAR) – It’s very likely that humans had figured out how to slap their raised palms together thousands of years ago, but it didn’t really become a thing until 1977. Glenn Burke, a former ...

Did You Know The ‘High Five’ Was Invented In The 1970s? The MLB Origin Story Will Blow Your Mind

The handshake is believed to date back to the 9th century B.C. as historians have ancient art depicting Assyrian and ...