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Most Valuable Player: Baseball Players, Sports

Most Valuable PlayerChalmers AwardLeague AwardMost Valuable PlayerMVP Pitchers' Statistics There have been three different Most Valuable Player awards in baseball since 1911—the Chalmers…

automobile racing

(Encyclopedia) automobile racing, sport in which specially designed or modified automobiles race on any of various courses. Automobile racing originated in France in 1894 and appeared in the United…

Neuharth, Al

(Encyclopedia) Neuharth, Al (Allen Harold Neuharth), 1924–2013, American media executive, b. Eureka, S.Dak., grad. Univ. of South Dakota (1950). In 1954 he began working as a reporter for The Miami…

archery

(Encyclopedia) archery, sport of shooting with bow and arrow, an important military and hunting skill before the introduction of gunpowder. England's Charles II fostered archery as sport,…

Panama Canal Zone

(Encyclopedia) Panama Canal Zone, former territory within Panama, 553 sq mi (1,432 sq km), that was administered by the United States under a 1903 treaty (with later amendments) with Panama. The zone…