This Dynamo player has a Messi tattoo on his leg. Here’s what he’s planning to do when Houston takes on Miami

Houston plays Inter Miami on Wednesday. After the match, players often swap jerseys. MIAMI — Franco Escobar plays right back for Houston Dynamo FC. But what’s on his right leg once earned him worldwide attention: a tattoo on his thigh of Lionel Messi clutching the World Cup trophy after he led Argentina in December 2022. … Read more

Brooks Robinson, Orioles third baseman with 16 Gold Gloves, has died

His deft glovework and folksy manner made him one of the most beloved and accomplished athletes in Baltimore history. Author: Associated Press, Alanea Cremen, David Ginsburg Published: 5:25 PM CDT September 26, 2023 Updated: 10:22 PM CDT September 26, 2023 BALTIMORE — Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson, whose deft glovework and folksy manner … Read more

An Abe Lincoln photo made during his 1858 ascendancy has been donated to his museum in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – During his momentous U.S. Senate campaign against Stephen A. Douglas, Abraham Lincoln sat for a photograph after politicking in western Illinois and presented one of the copies to a man severely injured while testing a cannon for Lincoln’s campaign rally. As a small measure of compassion, Lincoln presented one version of the … Read more

Pioneering Black portraitist Barkley L. Hendricks is first artist of color to get solo show at Frick

NEW YORK – A dozen years ago, Barkley L. Hendricks, the pioneering portrait artist known for vivid, stylish paintings of Black men and women, stood outside the Frick Collection in Manhattan, known for its works by European Old Masters. He was explaining his love for Rembrandt. “It’s like good music,” the artist said that day. … Read more