Josh Gibson

Slamdance 2012: 'Welcome to Pine Hill' among prize winners

2012-01-27 16:38:07

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Book review: 'Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella'

2011-04-03 00:00:00

Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella Neil Lanctot Simon & Schuster: 516 pp., $28 He was a three-time National League most valuable player, an eight-time All-Star, and played in five World Series, but Roy Campanella was something else when the Dodgers...

History on display at Fanfest

2010-07-08 21:33:24

What they're saying about the Orioles

2012-09-17 10:56:00

Here's a roundup of what other media outlets are saying about the Orioles: ** Joe Posnanski of Sports on Earth offers his take on Orioles catcher Matt Wieters after his two-homer performance in a win against the Athletics. It is becoming less and less...

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...

Soccer Community Scoreboard

2011-06-19 03:12:00

Honors class

2007-07-22 00:00:00

BASKETBALL: Naismith Memorial George Hepbron, Still Pond // A friend of the game's inventor, James Naismith, Hepbron is credited with writing the first book about basketball (How to Play Basketball), as well as creating interpretations of many of the...

Finally, I felt the tingle

2007-07-22 00:00:00

It was a sensation I'd experienced while touring plantations in South Carolina and walking the Forum in Rome, that feeling that because I was standing in a certain place, I was linked intimately with the span of human history. I stared at the bronzed...

History shows baseball will bounce back

2007-12-15 00:00:00

Baseball is no stranger to scandal and unsavory history. One of its earliest superstars, Cap Anson, perpetuated a culture of fierce segregation that scarred the game for decades. Another early great, "Shoeless Joe" Jackson, was one of eight Chicago...

Baby Birds learn to fly in Bluefield

2007-07-12 00:00:00

The handshake, a quaint form of sealing a deal, has worked for the Baltimore Orioles and their Rookie-level team for half a century, an affiliation unmatched in organized baseball. "We've never had a contract," says Bluefield Orioles general manager...

2006 All-Metro Football Team - Defense

2006-12-13 00:00:00

Player of the Year: Ben Eaton, Gilman The No. 1 worn by Eaton was in many ways symbolic, including that he entered his final high school season as the area's lone returning All-Metro first-team selection. And the 5-foot-11, 225-pound senior lived up...

First team: Defense

2006-12-13 00:00:00

James Carmon City, lineman The 6-foot-7, 330-pound transfer from Overlea has excellent speed for his size along with the girth and technique to bull past offensive linemen's double teams. The junior had 14 sacks, disrupted 10 passes and recovered five...

Josh Gibson of the Hawks attempts to mark over the top of Chris Dawes of the Magpies during the first preliminary final match between the Collingwood Magpies and the Hawthorn Hawks at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia.

2011-09-23 00:00:00

SLUGGER: Catcher Josh Gibson played for the Crawfords and the Grays.

2005-02-23 00:00:00

GETTING HIS DUE: Josh Gibson, with the size and speed of Bo Jackson, never played in the major leagues but was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1972.

2002-11-29 00:00:00