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2004 Olympics: Modern Pentathlon

MenPointsAndrey Moiseev, RUS5480Andrejus Zadneprovskis, LIT5428Libor Capalini, CZE5392Women Zsuzsanna Voros, HUN5448Jelena Rublevska, LAT5380Georgina Harland, GBR5344Information Please® Database…

Women in Sports: Boxing

In 1876, Nell Saunders defeated Rose Harland in the first United States women's boxing match. Saunders received a silver butter dish as a prize…

The 1998 Emmy Awards

50th Emmy Awards: Comedy Series Nomineesprev | outstanding series | directing | writing | nextOutstanding Comedy SeriesAlly McBeal (Fox)Frasier (NBC)The Larry Sanders Show (HBO)Seinfeld (NBC)3rd…

Peirce, Benjamin

(Encyclopedia) Peirce, Benjamin, 1809–80, American mathematician and astronomer, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1829. From 1833 he was a professor at Harvard; he helped establish the Harvard…

NFL Football Preview - NFC Central

NFC Central What's not to like about this division? It sent four teams to the playoffs last year and features some of the game's best players. Brett Favre is what the Green Bay Packers are all…

La Vallière, Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc de

(Encyclopedia) La Vallière, Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc deLa Vallière, Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc delwēz fräNswäzˈ də lä bōm lə bläN də lä välyĕrˈ [key], 1644–1710, mistress of…

NFL Facts

The Dallas Cowboys, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Pittsburgh Steelers share the record for most Super Bowl wins. The teams have won the Super Bowl five times. Don Shula, who coached with the…