Ty Cobb

Chris Erskine: Shannon Farar-Griefer hears the call of the wild Badwater race

2012-06-02 00:57:00

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Review: 'Calico Joe' by John Grisham hits for average

2012-05-19 00:00:00

John Grisham is to literature what Cheerios are to a rushed breakfast, something you buy in bulk and consume without too much thought. Honestly, I'm relieved when a new Grisham book doesn't weigh more than I do. Yet his newest work, "Calico Joe," is as...

Critic's Notebook: Grantland takes on the bigger world of sports

2012-01-04 00:00:00

When it comes to sportswriting, I tend to subscribe to George Plimpton's small-ball theory: The smaller the ball, the better the writing about the sport. This has a lot to do with my own biases (I'm a baseball fan, not much interest in basketball or...

Question of the day: Is Bud Selig softening his stance on Pete Rose? [Updated]

2010-09-09 16:33:35

Question of the day: Is Don Mattingly ready to manage in the major leagues? [Updated]

2010-09-21 16:33:42

Sports Legend Revealed: A series of fortuitous events turned Harry Heilmann, an 18-year-old bookkeeper, into a baseball Hall of Famer

2011-01-11 16:33:12

Haniwa Horse could become 'a new icon' of LACMA's Japanese art collection

2010-06-16 16:33:02

The 15 greatest L.A. Dodgers of all time, No. 5: Maury Wills

2010-06-29 16:33:33

Sports Legend Revealed: A player once stole home because he thought he saw the 'steal home' sign from his former manager

2010-06-29 16:33:33

History on display at Fanfest

2010-07-08 21:33:24

The Cypres Sports Museum could feature the greatest collection of sports memorabilia in history

2007-06-18 00:00:00

Only the lucky ones so far have made it inside the Cypres Sports Museum, now taking shape in a nondescript office building about a mile south of Staples Center. Admission to the memorabilia collection in downtown Los Angeles has been by invitation only,...

Bob Rosburg, 82; pro golfer became broadcaster, took TV viewers onto the course

2009-05-16 00:00:00

Golfer Bob Rosburg, who won the 1959 PGA Championship and later capitalized on his golfing skills as one of the first TV announcers to rove the course along with the players, died Thursday at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs. He was 82....

1920: Commissioner Judge Landis with Ty Cobb

2012-06-13 13:57:00

1923: Kid Gleason and Ty Cobb

2012-06-13 00:00:00

The scrappy shortstop and captain of Baltimore's dynastic National League champions (1894-1896), he hit .359 in seven seasons here, with a high of .401. A Hall of Famer, Jennings threw himself into the game, setting records for getting hit by pitches in one season (51) and career (287).

2012-04-12 13:25:01