The aptly named American Greats sale, which will take place at the auction house’s Rockefeller Center salesroom on October 22 ...

Here we go again, Yankee fans. Another piece of Bronx history is about to hit the auction block, and this one isn’t just some ...

"I'm taking myself out of the lineup" Lou Gehrig told New York Yankees manager Joe McCarthy on May 2, 1939, when the Bronx Bombers visited the Detroit Tigers, ending one of the greatest streaks in ...

Lou Gehrig saying farewell to Yankees fans, his head bowed as he speaks into a cluster of microphones near home plate on July 4, 1939, endures as the most iconic speech in sports history. it was a 274 ...

In one of the most dramatically charged moments in sports history, an emotional Lou Gehrig says thank you on his Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium. With a packed house looking on and his 1927 and ...

A tiny “polio” germ that gets into the spinal cord, dulls the reflexes and slows down all the motor nerves of the arms and legs has definitely ended the playing career of Lou Gehrig. Gerig arrived at ...

Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig held what was once considered an unbreakable record -- one that lasted nearly 60 years. He played in 2,130 consecutive games, a streak broken by Cal Ripken in the mid-'90s. It ...

Lou Gehrig played 14 complete seasons, during which the Yankees won seven pennants and six World Championships, not including world titles in 1923 and 1939, when Gehrig played briefly. Lou is among a ...

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NEW YORK – A ticket stub signed by Lou Gehrig on July 4, 1939 -- the day he retired from baseball -- is going on the auction block. Heritage Auctions says more than 60,000 tickets to the game at ...

Major League Baseball plans to auction off a Lou Gehrig non-fungible token next month, marking the latest professional sports league to dive into the NFT craze. MLB's first NFT, as the technology is ...