On February 5, 1920, a brief advertisement ran in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It was promoting “Young Ladies In Ice Hockey.” The first women’s game in the city of St. Louis would take place the ...

Searching for hockey's history -- Folk and field games -- The Montreal birthing : 1875-77 -- Global capitalism and the world of sport : 1877-1920 -- Breakout in Canada : 1877-1900 -- Alternative games ...

When the Olympic Games resumed after World War I, the event was not designed to escape the horrors of war. The Anwtwerp Games were used to remember. Belgium hosted after being a battleground two years ...

The Summer Olympics are underway, and there are some first-time sports making their debut in Paris—break dancing, kayak cross, men's artistic swimming. However, history is filled with dozens that had ...