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Surfing in Hawaii, 1963.

arts & entertainment

The ‘Peril and Ecstasy’ of Surfing,1963

US Runner Wilma Rudolph winning women's 100-meter race at the 1960 summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.

arts & entertainment

The Best of LIFE: Summer Olympics

Vintage Yoga photo from LIFE magazine.

lifestyle

Yoga’s 20th-Century Evolution, in Classic Photographs

Cotton Bowl cheerleaders, 1960.

arts & entertainment

19 Spirited Vintage Photos of Cheerleaders in Action

Negro kids all over the country mob Paige. He is placed alongside Joe Louis and Bill Robinson as a popular hero. Satchel free-lances, pitching each week for best bid.

people

Satchel Paige When He Pitched for the Black Yankees

Muhammad Ali rocks Sonny Liston with a right cross, Lewiston, Maine, May 25, 1965.

arts & entertainment

Ali vs. Liston II: The ‘Phantom Punch’ Title Bout, May 25, 1965

Surfing, Hawaii, 1963

arts & entertainment

Surfing, U.S.A.

Tom Seaver, 1969.

arts & entertainment

Amazin’: Remembering Tom Seaver and the Miracle Mets

The First Super Bowl: Rare Photos from a Football Classic

arts & entertainment

The First Super Bowl: The Game That Started It All

Skateboarding in New York City, 1965

lifestyle

When Skateboarding Was Young

Brooklyn Dodger rookies and prospects do calisthenics as part of daily training routine, Vero Beach, Fla., 1948.

arts & entertainment

Old-Time Baseball: Dodgertown, 1948

Jackie Robinson relaxes between takes on the set of the 1950 biopic, The Jackie Robinson Story, in which he starred as himself.

arts & entertainment

Jackie Robinson: Classic Photos of an American Icon

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