Track star Wilma Rudolph overcame several childhood illness to become, in 1960, the first American woman to win 3 Olympic gold medals. Use this resource to learn more about the awards and recognition this amazing athlete earned.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary learning. It contains questions and teacher guides and...

Read biographical information and interesting facts about famous Motown legend, Smokey Robinson, award winning soul singer and songwriter.

Jackie Robinson's accomplishments on and off the field opens doors for all African Americans. Watch this video [3:04] to learn how.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains biographical information about the first African American to play in Major League Baseball, Jackie Robinson. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces...

This resource provides information, including a video, on Paul Henderson as a Canadian sports legend and as a motivational speaker.

John Plankinton is recognized as having founded Wisconsin's meat industry in the 1800s. A biography os his life is presented in this museum exhibit.

Oscar Gustave Mayer was the thiird Oscar Mayer in the family that owned the famous Oscar Mayer & Co. meat company. He revolutionized the meat industry with his innovations in how meat was packaged and sold.

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Barry Sanders, an American professional gridiron football player. In his 10 seasons with the Detroit Lions (1989-98), Sanders led the National Football League (NFL) in rushing four times...

The Pro Football Hall of Fame provides a look at the American Football League before it merged with the National Football League. This page includes information regarding events, athletes, and statistics.

The official site of the Professional Bowlers Association contains player bios, news stories, stats, PBA Hall of Fame information, tours and schedules, and much more.

Kids learn about the biography of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play Major League Baseball. He was a Hall of Fame player for the Brooklyn Dodgers who wore number 42.

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Alan Page, an American gridiron football player who in 1971 became the first defensive player to win the Most Valuable Player award of the National Football League (NFL). He was inducted...

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Buck Leonard, an American baseball player who was considered one of the best first basemen in the Negro leagues. He was among the first Negro leaguers to receive election into the Baseball...

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Emlen Tunnell, an American gridiron football player who in 1967 became the first African American to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His career stretched from 1948 through...

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Marion Motley, an African American gridiron football player who helped desegregate professional football in the 1940s during a career that earned him induction into the Pro Football Hall...

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Gale Sayers, an American gridiron football player who in 1977 became the youngest player ever voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Though knee injuries shortened his career, Sayers...

This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Isaac Burns Murphy, an American jockey who was the first to be elected to the National Museum of Racing's Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York; he is one of only two African American...

Biographical account of Dennis Rodman, an American professional basketball player who was one of the most skilled rebounders, best defenders, and most outrageous characters in the history of the professional game. He was inducted into...

Features an overview of the career of Martha (Reeves) and the Vandellas, popular female vocal group of the 1960s that was part of the Motown sound. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

Learn much information about Bill Haley, who had the first rock and roll record to make the pop charts.

Graceland was Elvis Presley's home for 20 years starting in 1957, and is intimately associated with his music and career. Presley profoundly influenced American music and culture in the 20th century, and has been inducted into the Rock...

This building was used by the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus, the American Circus Corporation and the Ringling Brothers Circus as a winter headquarters. It is now the Circus Hall of Fame and has many artifacts from classic circuses.

View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 2000 to commemorate Roberto Clemente, the first Hispanic inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. With a short biographical passage.