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Meet the Real Women Who Inspired A League of Their Own

Arthur Ashe at the 1968 US Open Tennis Championships, September 9-10, 1968. Photo by John G. Zimmerman. history

Behind the Scenes: When Arthur Ashe Made History

Surfing in Hawaii, 1963. arts & entertainment

The ‘Peril and Ecstasy’ of Surfing,1963

Women's diving champions in Florida, 1959. arts & entertainment

When Champions of Women’s Diving Were Called ‘Athletes Second, Girls First’

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

Track star Jesse Owens in India, 1955 people

Jesse Owens in 1955: Our Man in India

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

Quarterbacks of the NFL in 1961: (back, L-R) Milt Plum, Bobby Layne, Sam Etcheverry, Bill Wade, Bart Starr, Johnny Unitas, Norm Snead, Zeke Bratkowski; (front, L-R) Jim Ninowski, Fran Tarkenton, Don Meredith, John Brodie, Sonny Jurgensen, Y.A. Tittle. arts & entertainment

How to Take a Group Portrait of 14 NFL Quarterbacks on Their Day Off

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

Women's Roller Derby, Chicago, 1948. history

Grace and Mayhem: Women’s Roller Derby, 1948

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