Lou Gehrig famously said upon his retirement that he considered himself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth. This was despite the fact that he had been diagnosed with ALS, a disease that ended ...

Baseball's 'Iron Horse' ended his games played streak on this day in 1939.

This Fourth of July brings with it a special anniversary for New Yorkers. On this day 85 years ago Yankees baseball great Lou Gehrig, suffering from ALS, the neurodegenerative illness now known as Lou ...

If you were watching the Dodgers play the Yankees on Sunday, June 1, you may have noticed that players’ uniforms bore the number four. Well, expect to continue seeing that number on the uniforms of ...

On June 13, 1939 — 75 years ago — Lou Gehrig arrived at the Rochester airport. He came to Rochester where he was to undergo a physical check-up at the Mayo Clinic. Weeks earlier (May 2), Gehrig took ...