The Involuntary Champion
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010“Babe” Didrickson Zaharias was a unprecedented athlete. This Texan ran, jumped, rode horses, and played basketball and baseball—with tremendous flair.
In the Olympic tryouts in 1932, she won five first places in apprehend and area events. In the games of that year in Los Angeles, she won a gold medal in the women’s 80 meter hurdles, [...]









































