The illness is now referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease. "Mr. Gehrig will be unable to continue his active participation as a baseball player," the report concluded. On Dec. 8, 1939, Gehrig ...

In the 1920s, Lou Gehrig, the Yankees’ "Iron Horse," played a quiet second fiddle to ... he believed DiMaggio would become one of baseball’s all-time greats. In his autobiography, DiMaggio ...

Lou Gehrig. It follows his life and playing career, debuting only a year and a half after his untimely death from the disease that now bears his name. The film features many real baseball players ...

This Lou Gehrig card had a bounty on it for $100,000 ... First Bowman cards are considered the first "true" rookie cards for baseball players. While the Superfractor that was just pulled ...

Dan has written 41 books and more than 25,000 articles about baseball. Even though he left ... The auction, which also includes items signed by Lou Gehrig, Ruth’s teammate with the powerful ...

Those 117 gentlemen should have joined Mariano Rivera as unanimous selections to the None of them did. If anything, I undercounted. I do allow for some honest difference of opinion. Nor am I including ...

Biopic traces the life of Lou Gehrig, famous baseball player who played in 2130 consecutive games before falling at age 37 to ALS, a deadly nerve disease which now bears his name. Gehrig is ...

In the 1920s, Lou Gehrig, the Yankees’ "Iron Horse," played a quiet second fiddle to ... he believed DiMaggio would become one of baseball’s all-time greats. In his autobiography, DiMaggio ...

Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year ...