It's hard to explain to younger people today exactly how much the summer of 1998 brought the nation together. Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were chasing Roger Maris's long-standing record of 61 ...

1894 — Aqueduct Race Track opens its doors. The building is torn down in 1955 and the new Aqueduct reopens on Sept. 14, 1959. 1947 — Armed, then the world’s leading money-winning thoroughbred, meets ...

1946 — Jack Kramer wins his first U.S. men’s singles titles with a 9-7, 6-3, 6-0 win over Tom Brown. 1957 — Althea Gibson becomes the first black to win the U.S. Open, beating Louise Brough, 6-3, 6-2.