From U.S. presidents to elite athletes, lefties have turned what was once a stigma into a surprising advantage.

MINNEAPOLIS — What do Lebron James, David Bowie and Bill Gates all have in common? They're left-handed. While they're a minority of the population, they're not alone. So why are we right- or ...

We’ve all heard the whispers. Those southpaws among us supposedly have some kind of secret intellectual edge. From Leonardo da Vinci sketching with his left hand to Einstein supposedly jotting down ...

Aristotle. Leonardo da Vinci. Oprah. Paul McCartney. Justin Bieber. All of them were or are left-handed, as were five recent U.S. Presidents, including Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Anecdotally, at ...

Is it OK to shake somebody's left hand? How about passing the salt with your southpaw? We've got the tea on the times you ...

Outnumbered on courses and ill-served by pro shops, a society of British players happily defends their turf, and their cause, from the other side of the tee box. Credit...Duncan Elliott for The New ...

MLB rosters reflect this preference for lefties today. Although just 10 percent of American males throw with their left hand, fully 28 percent of innings thrown by MLB pitchers in the past decade 2 — ...