They married 11 months later and Babe would change her name to Babe Didrikson Zaharias. He would become her manager and advisor, but in the later years of their marriage, problems arose as ...

While several women’s major championships had been contested before the founding of the LPGA in 1950, it was Babe Didrikson ...

When Didrikson announced she had cancer in 1953, Dodd acted as her caretaker, and that seemed to mollify the public as to why Dodd was constantly with Didrikson. More about Betty Dodd and Babe ...

Back in a time when it was considered unfeminine to take sports too seriously, Babe Didrikson Zaharias was brazenly athletic. And the 1932 Olympic champion, who went on to a career in professional ...

At Tampa the crowd edged in closer to see Mildred (“Babe”) Didrikson Zaharias whack out a golf ball. It was a sight all right, but there were risks; the Babe, among her other great talents ...

A real-life track-and-field star, Mildred "Babe" Didrikson competes in the 1932 ... When she meets former wrestler George Zaharias, her romance with him leads to marriage. Later, George proves ...

The women's pentathlon did not make the Olympic program until 1964, but Babe Didrikson would have won that event in 1932, with laughable ease. After the Games, Babe Didrikson took up golf and became ...