Outbreaks of disease have had a profound effect on human existence. From the time of the pharaohs to the present day, epidemics of diseases...

When trying to build a championship squad, pro sports franchises have to rely on great players to lead their teams to victory. Sure, team...

As long as professional sports have been around, there have been interesting and entertaining players. In team sports, individualism can often be stifled, especially...

Each year, one team from each major sports league wins a championship. While all championship teams go down in history, only a handful are...

The four major sports leagues -- NHL, NBA, NFL, and MLB -- have all been around for decades in various forms. After all those...

While the franchises in the four major U.S. sports may seem like long-standing and solid institutions, many teams have failed or disappeared over the...

Sports fans love nail-biting, down to the wire games. Two evenly matched teams going head to head can be must-watch games that turn into...

Superheroes have long been an established fixture of modern culture, serving as the subject matter for a seemingly endless wave of comic books, movies,...

  Parks and park-like public gardens improve the quality of urban life. What they offer varies from one to the next, but, depending on the...

America has made an indelible imprint on world culture in popular music and the cinema. When it comes to certain older aspects of culture,...