Satchel Paige in Harlem, 1941

Photo by George Strock

fuck you

bottomfeeders. stay there.

South Side of Chicago, 1903.

Bobby Fischer

Fischer does not merely outplay opponents; he leaves them bodily and mentally glutted.... Fisher himself speaks of the exultant instant in which he feels the 'ego of the other player crumbling.'

George Steiner, Fields of Force

Think winter.

Vintage portraits of French athletes. No date or source provided but found in public domain.

A ritualized duel of german students. Typical injuries include facial scars. The "Schmiss", a facial scar, has been considered as a honor among the students.

A.A. MacLean, D. Deshler, M. Baldwin

[between 1910 and 1915]

Circa 1897. "Boxing aboard the U.S.S. Massachusetts."

Philadelphia Baseball Club, 1887, Capt. Irwin, Maul, McGuire, Wood, Fogarty, Ferguson, Buffinton, Farrar, Gunning, H. Wr... ([1887]