Jess Willard bested Jack Johnson in the sweltering Havana heat. Or did he? Johnson's pride has likely skewed the historical ...

1987 — Wayne Gretzky wins 7th straight NHL scoring title. 1989 — LA Dodgers Orel Hershiser’s consecutive scoreless streak of 59 innings ends.

Twenty years after Johnson lost the heavyweight title to Jess Willard, a talented young boxer from Detroit named Joe Louis began to rise up the ranks of black fighters. In the first 11 months of ...

1915 — Jess Willard beats Jack Johnson in the 26th round to win the world heavyweight boxing title in Havana. 1927 — Johnny Weissmuller breaks his own 200-meter freestyle record by seven ...