#World War I

Chianti Classico: made it 3-3 over hurdles at Wincanton Saturday: Wincanton A fascinating 100-year story lies behind the red and cream silks owned by Sir Francis Brooke, and a new piece of history for the colours could be on the verge of being created by Chianti Classico, as he underlined his major potential with a third victory over hurdles. The…

Fixed price operator TAB.com.au has installed joint favourites from the Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott stable as well as the Ciaron Maher and David Eustace team for Sunday's rich $300000 Jericho Cup at Warrnambool. One of Australia's newest feature races will be run for the fourth time on Sunday over a gruelling 4600m trip, making it Australia's…

January transfer window is around the corner, and the football world is set to witness another round of transfer merry-go-round as clubs in England (Premier League and EFL), Scotland, Germany, France, Spain and Italy engage in outright and loan transfer of players. Transfer window comes with various shades of intrigues. For instance, when players…

The Triple Crown series of the Kentucky Derby (May 1), Preakness Stakes (May 15), and Belmont Stakes (June 5), are reminders of a time when horse racing was a central attraction in American life. Horse power was the most-used engine of its day, for riding, hauling, stagecoach and trolley. There was approximately one horse for every three people,…

The United States took the field in Brazil on Tuesday as the reigning Olympic champion in rugby. However, none of the current U.S. players could recall that previous moment of glory - because rugby was last played at the Olympics in 1924. The U.S. wasn't known as a world power in rugby back then, and the victory in Paris, 92 years ago, stunned both…

When Arsenal takes on Chelsea a week from Wednesday in the Europa League final, it'll be without the services of midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan -- and it has nothing to do with his fitness and everything to do with his safety. The Gunners announced on Tuesday that Mkhitaryan will not travel with the club to Baku, Azerbaijan, the site of the Europa…

Jimbo Fisher's (lack of) performance has been the talk of college football this season, and rightfully so. After starting 2021 ranked No. 6, the Aggies finished unranked. Despite that underperformance, the Aggies again started No. 6 this fall, and at press time it looks like Texas A&M will not only finish out of the rankings come January, they…

It had been a long, tense afternoon for the thousands hunkered around scratchy radios. After a wrenching scare in the seventh inning, the Cardinals led 3-2 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth at Yankee Stadium. Babe Ruth was on first, Lou Gehrig on deck. Ruth bolted for second, but catcher Bob O'Farrell's throw reached second-baseman Rogers…

Like many of OTE's posters and contributors, I am an academic by occupation. As someone with training in both history and political science, I've had some exposure to game theory, which is a way of using mathematical modeling to predict human behavior under varying sets of circumstances, and with varying degrees of information. At the core of game…

CASCADE, Iowa - Lee Simon, a board member of the Tri-County Historical Society Museum, walks through the building's entrance and wanders over to the Red Faber wing. Simon put together the part of the museum dedicated to the Hall of Fame pitcher from Cascade, Iowa. He points out aunique part of the collection hanging on the wall. It regards the…

CASCADE - Lee Simon, a board member of the Tri-County Historical Society Museum, walks through the building's entrance and wanders over to the Red Faber wing. Simon put together the part of the museum dedicated to the Hall of Fame pitcher from Cascade. He points out aunique part of the collection hanging on the wall. It regards the "Black Sox"…