The Impulsive Champion
“Babe” Didrickson Zaharias was a phenomenal athlete. This Texan ran, jumped, rode horses, and played basketball and baseball—with tremendous flair.
In the Olympic tryouts in 1932, she won five blue ribbon places in apprehend and area events. In the games of that year in Los Angeles, she won a gold medal in the women’s 80 meter [...]


































