ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - It’s one of the greatest moments in sports history. On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron hammered the baseball over the left-center field fence, surpassing Babe Ruth ...

“If I was white, all America would be proud of me,” the baseball legend said before passing the record in 1974 Maria Pasquini is the staff editor for human interest’s digital vertical at PEOPLE.

Hank Aaron refused to be intimidated by racist hate mail or threats during his pursuit of Babe Ruth's home run record. Aaron's teammates, including Dusty Baker, worried on his behalf even as the ...

After Hank Aaron broke baseball's home run record in Atlanta, he wanted to keep playing, but in the town where he got his big-league start: Milwaukee. Aaron was traded to the Milwaukee Brewers and ...

It's been 50 years since Hank Aaron came home. That is, after all, how the legendary baseball player referred to Milwaukee. Although his final years with the Atlanta Braves had been tumultuous ...

The crew of ESPN’s Get Up took a moment to mourn over Aaron Rodgers’s New York Jets jersey that has been hanging in the studio the last two seasons. Shortly after Rodgers signed with the team ...