Forbes

First World Series At-Bat: Hero Or Goat, It's A Special Memory

There are memories of at-bats that will always standout in a major league player’s career—first MLB at-bat, first All-Star Game appearance, first postseason AB, and the first time a player steps into ...
Los Angeles Times

Nearly a century ago, the first World Cup went off with many hitches

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Next summer’s World Cup will be the largest, most complex and most lucrative sporting event in history, with 48 ...
Indiatimes

Who won the First World War — and how combat changed forever

The First World War transformed global warfare, spreading fighting across continents, seas, and the air between 1914 and 1918. Governments mobilised industry, technology, and populations on an ...
UNESCO

Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)

All along the Western Front of the First World War, which stretched for some 700 km from the North Sea to the Franco-Swiss border, a series of 139 funerary and memorial sites bear witness to the ...
The New Yorker

The Second Man in the Front Row: A Forgotten Story of the First World War

It’s an iconic photo, easily found on Web sites devoted to the First World War, first sent out to newspapers in 1917, with the caption, “Funeral of the first American soldier killed in battle in ...