Major League Baseball will host its first annual Lou Gehrig Day this season, honoring the late New York Yankees player and his battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the league announced ...

How ironic. It was July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium, a little more than two months after he played his final game, less than a month after he had learned he had ...

On Wednesday, throughout Major League Baseball, that hope was embraced on the inaugural Lou Gehrig Day. Major League Baseball remembered the Yankees’ “Iron Horse” who died at age 37 of ...

Major League Baseball announced Thursday that June 2 will be officially known as “Lou Gehrig Day.” Unofficially, it also will be “Jim Hilliard Day.” Jim is one of the thousands of ...

I wanted to thank you for reestablishing Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day on June 2, 2021. I was diagnosed with ALS May of 2020. This diagnosis rocked my world! We have all heard about other diseases ...

You know you’ve made it when your name is a verb. To ‘Wally Pipp’ someone is to ‘Lou Gehrig’ them. Baseball fans know the basics of the story. Pipp sat down for ...

The New York Yankees and home runs go hand in hand. Ruth. Gehrig. DiMaggio. Mantle. Modern greats like A-Rod and Aaron Judge, ...

In the 1920s, Lou Gehrig, the Yankees’ "Iron Horse," played ... Said DiMaggio, "There never was a day in sports like July fourth that year at the Yankee Stadium, and I doubt there ever will ...

In the 1920s, Lou Gehrig, the Yankees’ "Iron Horse," played ... Said DiMaggio, "There never was a day in sports like July fourth that year at the Yankee Stadium, and I doubt there ever will ...