On April 14, 1910, U.S. President William Howard Taft received a contentious reception when he told the audience at the 42nd ...

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Usually, college baseball’s most exciting games are reserved ... which slipped through at the top of the fourth when William & Mary freshman Jamie Laskofski doubled down the left-field line ...

April 14 1910 — William Howard Taft became the first U.S. president to throw out the first ball at a baseball opener in Washington. 1910 — Chicago’s Frank Smith pitched a one-hitter in the season ...

WILL HOWARD HAD no idea how badly his week was going until the internet told him. "Are you all right?" his girlfriend Skyler Skoglund asked him last month, after Howard opened his phone.

Jackson Chourio doubling in two more with a shot off the wall in right and then William Contreras sending a two-out, two-run home run out to right for his second round-tripper in as many games.

1907 — New York catcher Roger Bresnahan appeared wearing shin guards for the first time in a major league game. 1912 — Rube Marquard of the New York Giants began a 19-game winning streak with ...

Do dire wolves next. In terms of presidential successes, it reminded me of the time President William Howard Taft threw $5,000 into a fire for no particular reason, then reached in and pulled out ...