There are around 27 Lou Gehrig baseball cards from his playing days, but four stand out from the rest. They are the most ...

On May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig's famous streak ended after 2,130 games when he took himself out of the Yankees’ lineup. Exactly ...

One of the few surviving tickets from Lou Gehrig’s “Luckiest Man” speech July 4, 1939, is up for auction at Heritage with an estimate of $50,000. The ticket is one of the most sought-after in baseball ...

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has drawn six straight walks in the World Series, passing the legendary Lou Gehrig for the longest streak in World Series history. He is now tied with former ...

The jersey worn by Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig in his final home game appearance sold for $2.71 million in an auction on Wednesday. It was the highest amount ever paid in a public auction for a piece of ...

The jersey worn by Lou Gehrig in his final appearance at Yankee Stadium has been sold at an auction held by Christie's in ...

Christie’s is holding a real home run of an auction this week. The aptly named American Greats sale, which will take place at the auction house’s Rockefeller Center salesroom on October 22, comprises ...

Goodman Basil “G.B.” Espy lovingly amassed the pieces over almost 50 years. The Alabama-born doctor, who died in November 2024 at the age of 89, was a passionate collector with a discerning eye and a ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. I have ALS, an incurable and fatal disease. There’s a good chance I will die within a few years. But my spirit ...

Lou Gehrig famously said upon his retirement that he considered himself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. This was despite the fact that he had been diagnosed with ALS, a disease that ended ...

A new drug called Qalsody was approved in 2023 to treat a specific type of ALS caused by a SOD1 gene mutation. Diane Zaczyk is the first Allegheny Health Network patient to receive Qalsody. While the ...

Cal Ripken Jr. had some help for his lap around Camden Yards this time. The Hall of Fame shortstop sat atop a red convertible while riding from the right-field corner across the outfield warning track ...