This cover image released by Simon & Schuster shows "Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir" by Alan D. Gaff. (Simon & Schuster via AP) “Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir,” Alan D. Gaff (Simon & Schuster) In the ...

"Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig" by Jonathan Eig; Simon & Schuster ($26) Lou Gehrig burst into baseball stardom during the Roaring '20s, endured the Great Depression and soldiered on ...

Gehrig had been in Hartford before, playing a dozen games under the pseudonym "Lou Lewis" in 1921, an ill-conceived scheme by the New York Giants to get a look at Gehrig against professionals while ...

This Fourth of July brings with it a special anniversary for New Yorkers. On this day 85 years ago Yankees baseball great Lou Gehrig, suffering from ALS, the neurodegenerative illness now known as Lou ...

It's been over 100 years since Lou Gehrig's MLB debut, but his legacy and impact are still widely felt. Gehrig, the first-ever MLB player to have his jersey number retired, was first revered for a ...

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 ...

One of the immortal moments in baseball history was not a game-winning home run, dramatic suicide squeeze, or ninth inning bases-loaded strikeout. Lou Gehrig's moving and courageous speech to the ...