From 1924 through 1932, legendary coach Pop Warner led the Stanford football program to unprecedented success that would spur the program for years to come. This is their story. Background For the first 24 years of the 20th century, the Stanford Cardinal football team usually performed decently enough to draw a sizeable following. They had even enjoyed an unbeaten and untied campaign in 1905 and had won ten or more games three other times in their brief history. When they wen

When Saratoga High School beat Palma in the 1996 CCS Championship Game, coach Mike Machado knew that that would be his last as the Falcons coach. Although Saratoga's program was thriving in just his second year as the varsity head coach, Machado knew that he could never replace his predecessor, Benny Pierce, whose 269 wins, 16 league titles and four CCS championship triumphs from 1961 through 1994 still echo'd in Saratoga's hallways. Mike Machado knew that although he could s

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Some of the most important moments in early college football history happened at the University of Michigan's Regents Field. Later known...

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For years, Denver's Mile High Stadium was one of the toughest places in all of sports for an away team to earn a win. With the altitude...

San Diego has had a rich history of baseball, much of which first began on the corner of Broadway and Pacific Highway in 1936. Through...

While Osborn Engineering is widely renowned for its innovative designs of stadiums, little is remembered of the company's founder. This...

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Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium was synonymous with dominance in the 1970s. With the Reds making it to the World Series four times in the...

In the first decade of its existence, Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium was known for one thing: winning. Six times, its tenants went to...