Bobby Doerr

Lee MacPhail dies at 95; former American League president and Hall of Fame member

2012-11-10 00:00:00

Lee MacPhail, a former American League president who was the oldest member of baseball's Hall of Fame and part of one of the sport's foremost families, has died. He was 95. MacPhail, who with his father forms the only father-son duo in the baseball...

Johnny Pesky dies at 92; beloved member of Boston Red Sox

2012-08-14 00:00:00

Johnny Pesky, who spent most of his 60-plus years in pro baseball with the Boston Red Sox and was beloved by the team's fans, died Monday at a hospice in Danvers, Mass. He was 92. Pesky appeared at Fenway Park on April 20 when the Red Sox celebrated...

Sports Legend Revealed: Did Vladimir Nabokov work an actual baseball headline into his novel 'Pale Fire'?

2011-02-16 16:34:03

Sports Legend Revealed: Ted Williams has a cocky response when told he could learn from watching Jimmie Foxx hit

2010-05-18 16:33:18

Old-timers fete oldest of ballparks on 100th b-day

2012-04-21 07:01:00

BOSTON (AP) — For one more afternoon, Yaz had the Fenway fans cheering, Pedro had them celebrating and Johnny Pesky brought tears to their eyes. Scenes from Fenway Park's first 100 years played out on the major leagues' oldest ballfield again on...

A family that makes art together

2011-03-30 14:31:00

A new exhibit at the Washington County Arts Council promises to be mini-monumental. Scaled-down versions of public monuments created by sculptor Antonio Tobias Mendez will be part an upcoming WCAC “Triptych: The Mendez Artists,” which opens...

Scoreboard

2011-01-06 01:30:42

TV SPORTS Women's College Basketball-Michigan at Purdue, 5:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Penn State at Northwestern, 7:30 p.m. (Big 10 Network); Idaho at Nevada, 10 p.m. (ESPNU) Men's College Basketball-Xavier at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. (ESPN2); Villanova at...

Revered Yankees Announcer Bob Sheppard Dies At 99

2010-07-11 00:00:00

Bob Sheppard, whose elegant introductions of stars from Joe DiMaggio to Derek Jeter at Yankee Stadium for more than a half century earned him the nickname "The Voice of God," died Sunday. He was 99. The revered public address announcer died at his Long...

At home in the Hall

2007-07-30 00:00:00

The record-setting crowd shouted out its love of Cal Ripken Jr. at yesterday's Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony. But it was when Ripken was expressing love for his family that the usually stoic Orioles great lost his composure. Speaking of his...

Schmuck: VIP reception allows greats to again hear fans' cheers

2007-07-29 00:00:00

They rolled out the red rug last night at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, but for the fans who lined the barricades to cheer the sport's greatest heroes, it might as well have been a magic carpet. The pending induction of likeable...

Latest Alabama News

2008-06-07 00:00:00

SOLDIER DEATHS �� 1 soldier from Fla., 1 from Alabama died in Afghanistan �� FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) -- The Department of Defense says a soldier from central Florida and another from Alabama died of injuries sustained when a helicopter they were in...

Red Sox Great Dom DiMaggio Dies at 92

2009-05-08 00:00:00

Dominic DiMaggio, the bespectacled Boston Red Sox center fielder who was overshadowed by his older brother Joe's spectacular career, died early Friday. He was 92. DiMaggio was surrounded by his family at his death at his Massachusetts home, according...

Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr, 89, left, waves to the crowd alongside former teammate Johnny Pesky at Fenway Park in Boston, prior to a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2007.

2012-08-13 13:36:00

Boston Red Sox Hall of famers Dom Dimaggio, Bobby Doerr and Johnny Pesky walk out onto the field to throw the first pitch of game two of the World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Boston Red Sox on October 24, 2004 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.

2012-08-13 00:00:00

, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009, held to announce that Rice was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame.

2009-01-12 00:00:00