The Boston Red Sox faithful have sadly lost another of their favorite sons to the New York Yankees. Following in the ...

On Jan. 3, 1920, new Boston Red Sox owner sold Babe Ruth’s contract to the Yankees. It took 80+ years to fix the hex ...

1919 — Yankees and Boston Red Sox reach agreement to move future Baseball Hall of Fame pitching slugger Babe Ruth to New York. 1943 — Sid Luckman throws five touchdown passes to lead the Chicago Bears ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad 1919 — Yankees and Boston Red Sox reach agreement to move future Baseball Hall of Fame pitching slugger Babe Ruth to New York. 1943 — Sid Luckman ...

1908 — Jack Johnson becomes the first black man to win the world heavyweight boxing title, with a 14th-round knockout of Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia. 1917 — Toronto’s Harry Cameron ...

1919 — Yankees and Boston Red Sox reach agreement to move future Baseball Hall of Fame pitching slugger Babe Ruth to New York. 1943 — Sid Luckman throws five touchdown passes to lead the ...

That promise lasted a year, as Hooper — coming off of a career-best 5.2 WAR season — was traded to the White Sox. And while ...

1908 — Jack Johnson becomes the first black man to win the world heavyweight boxing title, with a 14th-round knockout of Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia.

A look back at the fifth day of January in sports history and elsewhere. We have popes, presidents and a Babe, among others ...