Irony, as we know, is part of life. And death. Is there a better word to use regarding Lou Gehrig? Think of his nickname: "The Iron Horse." It implies endurance. It recalls an indestructible man ...

In the 1920s, Lou Gehrig, the Yankees’ "Iron Horse," played a quiet second fiddle to Babe Ruth. Gehrig took center stage after Ruth’s retirement, but then Joe DiMaggio arrived. While someone ...

In the 1920s, Lou Gehrig, the Yankees’ "Iron Horse," played a quiet second fiddle to Babe Ruth. Gehrig took center stage after Ruth’s retirement, but then Joe DiMaggio arrived. While someone ...

Singer Sean revealed the first glimpse of the 'Dream Hospital,' a Lou Gehrig's disease nursing hospital, established with the ...

One lucky collector pulled a rare, super-modern "rookie" card of Lou Gehrig with a $100,000 bounty. The collector, identified as Phil by Top Dog Comics, the Georgia store the card was pulled in ...

Adam Wilson, a Cincinnati sports super fan, helped create the MLB-wide Lou Gehrig Day. In 2015, he was diagnosed with ALS. The Sycamore High School graduate grew up with Cincinnati sports fandom ...

The closing of a piece on this Bell wrote for MLB.com is notable, too, on the difference Langs is still making: Gehrig has shown us all first-hand what the reality of this situation is.

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 ...

It says he played a key role in creating and inspiring Major League Baseball's Lou Gehrig Day. The annual tradition on June 2 marks the day Gehrig became starting first baseman for the Yankees.

SCP Auctions put a game-worn Lou Gehrig jersey from the 1937 World Series and other regular-season games for sale, and TMZ Sports noted it is expected to sell for more than $4 million. The auction ...

The auction, which also includes items signed by Lou Gehrig, Ruth’s teammate with the powerful Yankee teams of the ‘20s and ‘30s, features more than 1,200 items of sports memorabilia ...