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In August 1945, Branch Rickey sat across from Jackie Robinson in the Dodgers' front office and made a request that cut against every instinct Robinson...
In 1945, Branch Rickey sat across from Jackie Robinson in a Brooklyn office and laid out an impossible demand. Rickey, a devout Methodist, told Robinson...
In the summer of 1924, Scotland's fastest man arrived in Paris carrying the hopes of an entire nation. Eric Liddell was the heavy favorite to...
In 1924, Eric Liddell arrived in Paris as Scotland's fastest man — the heavy favorite to win the Olympic 100-meter race. But when the competition...
In the summer of 1924, Scottish sprinter Eric Liddell arrived at the Paris Olympics as the favorite in the 100 meters. Then he learned the...
In August 1945, Branch Rickey sat across from Jackie Robinson and laid out an impossible assignment. Rickey wanted Robinson to break baseball's color barrier with...
In the spring of 1924, Eric Liddell received news that would have crushed most Olympic hopefuls. The 100-meter heats at the Paris Games were scheduled...
Eric Liddell was Britain's fastest man heading into the 1924 Paris Olympics. Every expert expected him to win gold in the 100-meter dash. But when...
In 1924, Eric Liddell arrived in Paris as Britain's fastest sprinter, heavily favored to win gold in the 100 meters. Then the schedule was posted....
Eric Liddell was the fastest man in Britain. Heading into the 1924 Paris Olympics, he was the heavy favorite to win the 100 meters —...
In the summer of 1741, George Frideric Handel received a libretto from Charles Jennens — a collection of scripture passages arranged to tell the story...
In the late summer of 1741, George Frideric Handel was a broken man. Once the toast of London, he now faced mounting debts and declining...
Set into the stone floor of Chartres Cathedral in France, laid around the year 1205, is a labyrinth forty-two feet across. It is not a...
In August 1945, Branch Rickey sat across from Jackie Robinson in the Brooklyn Dodgers front office and laid out a demand that would test everything...
In 1886, Daniel Towner was leading music at one of D.L. Moody's evangelistic meetings when a young man stood to share his testimony. He was...
In 1694, a young Isaac Watts sat in his father's Nonconformist chapel in Southampton, England, frustrated by the plodding, joyless psalm-singing that passed for worship....
In the fall of 1945, Jackie Robinson sat across from Brooklyn Dodgers executive Branch Rickey in a meeting that would reshape American sports. Rickey had...
In August 1945, Branch Rickey sat across from Jackie Robinson in the Dodgers' front office and laid out the hardest assignment in baseball history. Rickey...
In February 2021, NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars and began receiving instructions from mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena. Every command...
In 1887, musician Daniel Towner was leading worship at a D.L. Moody revival meeting when something unexpected happened during the testimony time. A young man...
There once was a small fishing village nestled along a rugged coastline, where storms frequently battered the shores. The fishermen of this village had learned to respect the power of the sea, and every evening as the sun dipped below...
In 2012, the ENCODE project — involving over 400 scientists across 32 laboratories — revealed something astonishing about human DNA. Far from being a static...
In 1741, George Frideric Handel received a libretto from Charles Jennens — a collection of scripture passages arranged to tell the story of the Messiah....
In 1824, Ludwig van Beethoven stood before the Vienna premiere of his Ninth Symphony, arms waving, conducting with fierce intensity. But Beethoven was almost entirely...