The Automatic Hero
Monday, August 16th, 2010“Babe” Didrickson Zaharias was a phenomenal athlete. This Texan ran, jumped, rode horses, and played basketball and baseball—with tremendous flair.
In the Olympic tryouts in 1932, she won five opening places in apprehend and field events. In the games of that year in Los Angeles, she won a gold medal in the women’s 80 meter hurdles, [...]