1996 — Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula announces his retirement as winningest NFL Head Coach of all-time. 1997 — The second-year Carolina Panthers, behind John Kasay’s four field goals, beat the Dallas ...

Today in History for Jan. 5: In A.D. 459, St. Simeon Stylites, who, according to legend, lived at the top of an 18-metre pillar in the Syrian desert non-stop for 36 years, died on it.

Read an exclusive excerpt of Jordan Treske's 'Building the Milwaukee Bucks: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Oscar Robertson (1968-1975)' ...

Wallace Carlton “Wally” Brackeen was born in Gladewater, Texas, on Oct. 27, 1944 to parents, Columbus Alonzo “Jack” Brackeen ...

Inks, who retired Tuesday after 31 years as a St. Paul firefighter, says he was “from an era where you didn’t speak up” about ...