Joe Louis knocks out John Henry Lewis at 2:39 of the first round to retain the world heavyweight title. Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping and Del Webb buy the New York Yankees for $2.8 million. Wilt ...

Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski celebrates with his players after his 1,000th career win in college basketball against St.

Eddie Collins, Wee Willie Keeler and George Sisler are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. 1956 — Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks captures the first of his NBA record four ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 30, 1924, Gillis Grafström of Sweden ...

Italy will host the 2028 Youth Winter Olympics spread across the Alps in the northern part of the country. Dolomiti Valtellina 2028 will mark the fifth Youth Winter Games following 2012 (Innsbruck, ...

And in the Beijing Games in 2022 Norway (with 99 athletes) was tops in medals, yet again beating the USA (with 223 athletes) ...

The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority announced a line-up of events celebrating the 45th anniversary of ...

Governor, legislative leaders, must approve 2034 Winter Games boss, new bill says. Should the head of the 2034 Winter Games ...

The Italian Alps will host the fifth Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2028, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Thursday. The Games will be held in Northern Valtellina, Trentino and Cortina ...