By now, everyone from most of your Facebook friends to Bill Gates has accepted – and filmed – the Ice Bucket Challenge. The extremely viral fundraiser, in which participants dump buckets of freezing water over their heads and commit to donating money to fund ALS, has...
Amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been forever linked with America’s favorite pasttime since 1939, when baseball player Lou Gehrig brought international attention to the disease. That year, the Iron Horse, who earned his nickname with powerful hits and...