After winning the 1986 running of Le Tour, he was shot in a hunting accident and missed both the 1987 and 1988 editions of the race. Returning to competition in 1989, he was almost a full minute behind the overall leader (Laurent Fignon) going into the final day’s race, a short (25.4 km/15.2 mile) time trial from Versailles to the Champs de Elysee. No one thought he could make up the difference but he did, finishing the stage 58 seconds faster than Fignon and winning the overall event by a scant eight seconds – a mark that still stands as the closest victory margin in Tour de France history.
Sure, they were favored to win the championship, were best odds at the start of the season, and finished the season with a league-leading 103-58 record, but come on, they were the Cubs. They’ve been the underdog since 1908.
They were the defending champions but were on the verge of missing the playoffs before trading Otis Thorpe for Clyde Drexler. They entered as the sixth seed and defeated two 60-win teams on their way to sweeping Shaq and the Magic in the Finals.
She was ranked 150 in the world when she won the tournament, and had to go through qualifying in order to make it into the front draw of the U.S Open. Raducanu became the first qualifier, male or female, to win a major.
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Authors, Artists, musicians with any kind of connection to sports
Edgar Allan Poe: the Baltimore Ravens are named for his poem “The Raven”
Authors, Artists, musicians with any kind of connection to sports
Edgar Allan Poe: the Baltimore Ravens are named for his poem “The Raven”
George Plimpton: His book Paper Lion told the story of trying out for the Detroit Lions as an average non-athlete.
Al Hirt: Famed trumpeter performed at halftime of the first Super Bowl in January of 1967
John Fogerty: His song Centerfield is homage to baseball
Ernest Hemingway: Was a competent boxer and had a boxing ring in his home
Ken Dryden: Stanley Cup winning goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens, and author of nine books, not all of which are about hockey.
Charlie Pride: Pitcher in the Negro leagues and MLB minors until his singing career took off.
Bernie Williams: A former Yankees outfielder who became an author and a Grammy-nominated guitar player.
Edgar Degas had several paintings of sports, including jockeys at the racetrack and Young Spartans Exercising, also known as Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys
Authors, Artists, musicians with any kind of connection to sports
Edgar Allan Poe: the Baltimore Ravens are named for his poem “The Raven”
George Plimpton: His book Paper Lion told the story of trying out for the Detroit Lions as an average non-athlete.
Al Hirt: Famed trumpeter performed at halftime of the first Super Bowl in January of 1967
John Fogerty: His song Centerfield is homage to baseball
Ernest Hemingway: Was a competent boxer and had a boxing ring in his home
Ken Dryden: Stanley Cup winning goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens, and author of nine books, not all of which are about hockey.
Charlie Pride: Pitcher in the Negro leagues and MLB minors until his singing career took off.
Bernie Williams: A former Yankees outfielder who became an author and a Grammy-nominated guitar player.
Edgar Degas had several paintings of sports, including jockeys at the racetrack and Young Spartans Exercising, also known as Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys
Billy Joel was an amateur Golden Gloves boxer before embarking on his musical career.
Authors, Artists, musicians with any kind of connection to sports
Edgar Allan Poe: the Baltimore Ravens are named for his poem “The Raven”
George Plimpton: His book Paper Lion told the story of trying out for the Detroit Lions as an average non-athlete.
Al Hirt: Famed trumpeter performed at halftime of the first Super Bowl in January of 1967
John Fogerty: His song Centerfield is homage to baseball
Ernest Hemingway: Was a competent boxer and had a boxing ring in his home
Ken Dryden: Stanley Cup winning goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens, and author of nine books, not all of which are about hockey.
Charlie Pride: Pitcher in the Negro leagues and MLB minors until his singing career took off.
Bernie Williams: A former Yankees outfielder who became an author and a Grammy-nominated guitar player.
Edgar Degas had several paintings of sports, including jockeys at the racetrack and Young Spartans Exercising, also known as Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys
Billy Joel was an amateur Golden Gloves boxer before embarking on his musical career.
Terry Crews played three seasons in the NFL, including one year in WLAF, but was often cut from rosters. He supplemented his income by receiving portrait commissions from teammates as well as making NFL-licensed lithographs, and work as a courtroom sketch artist. Crews also plays the flute, founded a design company, and has acted in movies and television shows.
Authors, Artists, musicians with any kind of connection to sports
Edgar Allan Poe: the Baltimore Ravens are named for his poem “The Raven”
George Plimpton: His book Paper Lion told the story of trying out for the Detroit Lions as an average non-athlete.
Al Hirt: Famed trumpeter performed at halftime of the first Super Bowl in January of 1967
John Fogerty: His song Centerfield is homage to baseball
Ernest Hemingway: Was a competent boxer and had a boxing ring in his home
Ken Dryden: Stanley Cup winning goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens, and author of nine books, not all of which are about hockey.
Charlie Pride: Pitcher in the Negro leagues and MLB minors until his singing career took off.
Bernie Williams: A former Yankees outfielder who became an author and a Grammy-nominated guitar player.
Edgar Degas had several paintings of sports, including jockeys at the racetrack and Young Spartans Exercising, also known as Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys
Billy Joel was an amateur Golden Gloves boxer before embarking on his musical career.
Terry Crews played three seasons in the NFL, including one year in WLAF, but was often cut from rosters. He supplemented his income by receiving portrait commissions from teammates as well as making NFL-licensed lithographs, and work as a courtroom sketch artist. Crews also plays the flute, founded a design company, and has acted in movies and television shows.
LeRoy Neiman was an American artist known for colorful Expressionist paintings of athletes, musicians and sporting events.
Authors, Artists, musicians with any kind of connection to sports
Edgar Allan Poe: the Baltimore Ravens are named for his poem “The Raven”
George Plimpton: His book Paper Lion told the story of trying out for the Detroit Lions as an average non-athlete.
Al Hirt: Famed trumpeter performed at halftime of the first Super Bowl in January of 1967
John Fogerty: His song Centerfield is homage to baseball
Ernest Hemingway: Was a competent boxer and had a boxing ring in his home
Ken Dryden: Stanley Cup winning goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens, and author of nine books, not all of which are about hockey.
Charlie Pride: Pitcher in the Negro leagues and MLB minors until his singing career took off.
Bernie Williams: A former Yankees outfielder who became an author and a Grammy-nominated guitar player.
Edgar Degas had several paintings of sports, including jockeys at the racetrack and Young Spartans Exercising, also known as Young Spartan Girls Challenging Boys
Billy Joel was an amateur Golden Gloves boxer before embarking on his musical career.
Terry Crews played three seasons in the NFL, including one year in WLAF, but was often cut from rosters. He supplemented his income by receiving portrait commissions from teammates as well as making NFL-licensed lithographs, and work as a courtroom sketch artist. Crews also plays the flute, founded a design company, and has acted in movies and television shows.
LeRoy Neiman was an American artist known for colorful Expressionist paintings of athletes, musicians and sporting events.
Mick Foley’s autobiographical books about pro wrestling were New York Times best-sellers.