You've done it thousands of times. After a game-winning shot, a solid joke, a perfectly executed parallel parking job. You've probably never thought twice about who did it first. The high-five is so ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Glenn Burke, one of the first openly gay athletes in U.S. history, is credited with inventing the high five.

We explore some of Wikipedia’s oddities in our 7,023,552-part monthly series, Wiki Wormhole. This week’s entry: Glenn Burke What it’s about: A former LA Dodgers outfielder whose four-year career in ...

You’ve done it a thousand times without ever thinking about where it came from. After a home run, a good meeting or just greeting a 3-year-old — you raise your hand and wait for the slap. The high ...

You think you know the origin of the high five. Everybody does. It was Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke, Dodger Stadium, 1977. Case closed. Except it isn’t — not even close. The story behind sports’ most ...

If you’ve ever wondered who invented the high five, or why we high five, you don’t have to look much further than where they’re most often used... Sports! According to an ESPN story, on October 2nd, ...

You’ve done it thousands of times. After a game-winning shot, a solid joke, a perfectly executed parallel parking job. You’ve probably never thought twice about who did it first. The high-five is so ...