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Today Why is it that a really good sports movie can make a grown man (or woman) cry, and famous plays like "the immaculate reception" and "the shot heard round the world" continue to give us goose bumps decades later? It must be because the games we play or watch others play just have a way of making us feel nostalgic. The Greatest Sports are about personal and team achievements and statistics and records and milestones and winning. But history has taught fans that sports are also about larger-than-life personalities. And you could argue that no one embodied both better than Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., a.k.a. Muhammad Ali. Was Jim Thorpe the Greatest Athlete Ever? Was Pele the Perfect Soccer Player? Meet the Bambino, Babe Ruth Search Related Topics:  muhammad ali  cassius clay  boxing #42 Breaks Baseball's Color Barrier Some moments in sports are so indelible they ultimately transcend sport and simply become a part of history. On April 15, 1947, both of those things happened at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn when Jackie Robinson took his position at first base. Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth Invictus & the 1995 Rugby World Cup Lake Placid, 1980: The Miracle on Ice Search Related Topics:  jackie robinson  civil rights movement  baseball history From a Naked Runner to the Modern Olympics Talk about indelible moments. That's what the Olympic Games are all about. Maybe it just seems that way because every new Olympics gives us a new set of inspiring but also sometimes painful memories. Perhaps that's what Pierre de Coubertin (and maybe even Heracles) had in mind all along. Montreal, 1976: Nadia Comaneci Great Moments in Olympic Gymnastics History Mexico City, 1968: The Salute Munich, 1972: The Massacre Search Related Topics:  olympics  olympic history  pierre de coubertin How Your Favorite Sport Came to Be Do you know who really invented baseball or when the first formal rules of basketball were developed or what the true origins of American football are or how long people have been puttering with golf? Even the origins of sports like paintball and windsurfing can be traced back to a time, a place, a person or set of circumstances. An Illustrated History of the Bicycle Tennis & Ancient Egypt (or Medieval France) Skiing is Ancient by Definition Skateboarding Since the 1950s Figure Skating Facts & FAQs Search Related Topics:  sports  sporting goods  Related Searches News Letters The Olympics Quotes Sports Quotes for You Featured Articles The Rascals on Broadway Nursing Work From Home Downhill Mountain Biking Getting In: University of New Haven Tourism & Ireland's Budget India's Diwali Fire Dance   More from About.com Run Your First 5K Even couch potatoes can be ready for a 5K with just a couple months of training. Read more...> Help! I'm Too Busy Time and stress management tips to help you feel as though you have more time. Read more...>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Today newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2013 About.com     Follow us on: Advertisement