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 ...

Christie’s is holding a real home run of an auction this week. The aptly named American Greats sale, which will take place at the auction house’s Rockefeller Center salesroom on October 22, comprises ...

As baseball is to America, Lou Gehrig is to baseball. The man didn’t just play the game; he carved his name into its soul. But it’s not just his game stats that make him one of the greatest American ...

Lou Gehrig's uniform from his final Yankee Stadium appearance has sold for $2.712 million at auction, the most ever paid for a piece of Gehrig memorabilia. The uniform, which was worn by Gehrig at ...

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 ...