"Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig" by Jonathan Eig; Simon & Schuster ($26) Lou Gehrig burst into baseball stardom during the Roaring '20s, endured the Great Depression and soldiered on ...

I have ALS, an incurable and fatal disease. There’s a good chance I will die within a few years. But my spirit feels optimistic. My game is in the middle innings — lots of time left. Baseball is an ...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (WPVI) -- A mother in California is convinced her son was legendary baseball player Lou Gehrig in a past life. Cathy Byrd's son Christian Haupt is a baseball prodigy who says he ...

It's been over 100 years since Lou Gehrig's MLB debut, but his legacy and impact are still widely felt. Gehrig, the first-ever MLB player to have his jersey number retired, was first revered for a ...

WHEN HE WAS told he was going to die, Bryan Wayne Galentine started to think about what he wanted to leave behind. Every day, for however long amyotrophic lateral sclerosis allowed him to live, the ...

June 2nd is a special day in the world of baseball and the MLB. This is the day we celebrate an icon of the sport with Lou Gehrig Day. This day is meant to honor the life, legacy and bravery of Lou ...

A new study casts doubt on baseball great's diagnosis. Aug. 17, 2010— -- A study released today raises questions about whether baseball great Lou Gehrig actually died of the disease that has come ...

The Pride Of The Yankees,” the screen biography of Lou Gehrig, runs over two hours. This is Samuel Goldwyn’s answer to the carpers who said that Gehrig’s life was too uneventful to fill a motion ...

Lou Gehrig's parents, Heinrich and Christina, faced chronic health issues while Lou was a young man. Consequently, Gehrig chose to forgo his football scholarship and education at Columbia University ...