Phil Mickelson has won all the major golf tournaments, except for the U.S. Open. For some reason, he can’t seem to break through its barrier, although he has been consistently listed in the Top 50 for over 25 years. His highest career ranking is at number two in the world, and he’s achieved that several times.
This photo shows Lefty before winning his first Masters Tournament. Dated April 11, 2004, he leaps victoriously after he made an 18-foot putt on the 18th hole, successfully seizing a grand one-shot victory.
Maxwell Fornah Shows Change is Possible
This touching photo shows a member of the Single Leg Amputee Sports Club competing for the ball. This shot shows the lasting pain caused among its citizens by the decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone and the human spirit that still dares to be great despite its scars from a horrible past.
The Single Leg Amputee Sports Club was founded by survivors of the war. Most of them are victims of landmines and have lost a leg or both. They formed this club to show to their society, and the world, that they are capable people; that they don’t want to beg for food, but would rather empower themselves. They are fighting against marginalization in their own communities.
Willie Mays Keeps His Eye on the Prize
On September 29, 1954, during the World Series, “The Say Hey Kid,” Willie Mays, runs in full throttle with eyes on the ball as it sails through the air. He would snag a defensive play, a maneuver he was well-known for, and the crowd was ecstatic, it was the first game of the 1954 World Series.
Willie Mays’ career spanned 22 years and was decorated with a number of National League MVP awards. This photograph gives us a glimpse of one of his heroic moves, conveying a deep fly ball to the centerfield. It was a crucial point in the match, and this helped the Giants maintain a 5-2 lead to win that game, and eventually sweep Cleveland for the title.
Nothing Shorter Than 70s Shorts
Fashion is a cyclical beast, as anyone who’s lived more than a handful of decades will tell you. What goes out of style always comes back around; it’s just a matter of waiting. And, as this picture clearly demonstrates, booty shorts have been around before. While they may be popular now, this certainly isn’t their first rodeo.
While the 60s was still a time when conservative fashion ruled, all hell broke loose in the 70s, the conventional mindset was upturned, and people were freed up to wear whatever took their fancy. The hippie movement played a big part in this renaissance of sorts, as did the continued evolution of rock ‘n’ roll. While sports in the 60s were a covered-up affair, fashion-wise, denizens of the 70s, like this super-happy badminton-playing couple, were able to wear whatever they pleased, regardless of how skimpy it was.
Dr. Roger Bannister Running for His Life
Two years before Roger Bannister, a British middle-distance athlete, even thought of breaking the mile run record, he broke the British record in the 1500m as a participant in the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. This would inspire Bannister to go for “The Miracle Mile.”
He couldn’t train as hard as he wanted to because, at the time, he had been working as a junior doctor. The goal was to make the mile run in under four minutes and, while he didn’t quite make his high benchmark, he still accomplished it in four minutes and 59.4 seconds. This photo shows Bannister during the British Empire Commonwealth Games on Aug. 7, 1954, against John Lundy. He snagged Sports Illustrated magazine’s first “Sportsman of the Year” award.