Gehrig delivers famous farewell speech On July 4, 1939, six-time World Series champion and Yankees legend Lou Gehrig proclaimed himself to be "the luckiest man on the face of the earth." 8Y ...

What we remember most about this quiet man of dignity is a speech. How ironic. It was July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium, a little more than two months after he played his ...

Soon I began experiencing weakness in my right arm and my speech was starting to slur. My doctor told me to read about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease ...

ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease of the motor neurons that causes a gradual loss of voluntary movement. As the disease progresses, patients lose their speech ...

The Republican maintains a big lead in the special election, with the results to be certified later this week.

Lou went to Columbia University for two years ... The first was during Gehrig’s farewell speech. Gehrig died two years later, his death coming as DiMaggio was 19 games into his record-breaking ...

Kansas Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Wilson will retire, effective July 4, following a recent amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ...

Lou went to Columbia University for two years ... The first was during Gehrig’s farewell speech. Gehrig died two years later, his death coming as DiMaggio was 19 games into his record-breaking ...