Leo Durocher

Stan Musial dies at 92; Cardinals' Hall of Fame hitter

2013-01-19 19:38:00

To generations of baseball fans, he was simply "Stan the Man." Stan Musial, a legendary slugger for the St. Louis Cardinals who came to embody one of the sport's most successful franchises, died Saturday. He was 92. Musial, who had Alzheimer's...

For '42,' actor had to please Jackie Robinson's No. 1 fan

2013-01-12 15:00:00

When Chadwick Boseman was cast as Jackie Robinson in the race-themed baseball drama "42," he was immediately confronted by someone with personal knowledge of the renowned ballplayer: the late athlete's widow, Rachel Robinson. "The first thing she said...

Gays in sports: On the field -- and in the closet

2013-01-13 00:00:00

When I was 7 years old, my friends and I would play football in my backyard for hours, often with my mother watching through the kitchen window. One of the games we played was called "smear the queer." At the time I didn't know what "queer" meant. I...

Santa Anita's opening statement: honoring Eddie Delahoussaye

2012-09-25 00:00:00

Southern California horse racing has chosen a fitting way to open up a crucial meeting. It named a race for Eddie Delahoussaye. Santa Anita will be back in business Friday, for a meeting highlighted by the first of two straight Breeders' Cups. Around...

'42' star: Jackie Robinson pic shows we're 'evolving as a race'

2012-06-12 21:38:42

Bill Plaschke: Kindness backstopped Jim Thome's run to 600 homers

2011-08-16 16:33:37

Jim Murray, Feb. 15, March 2, 1961

2011-03-01 21:33:22

Jim Murray, March 19, 1961

2011-03-19 16:32:49

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

2011-02-16 16:34:03

'Willie Mays: The Life, the Legend,' by James S. Hirsch

2010-02-12 00:00:00

The remarkable baseball life of Willie Mays can be measured in innumerable ways. He started in the segregated Negro Leagues; when he retired in 1973 after 22 years in the major leagues, free agency was dawning. He was a bicoastal Giant who, in leading...

Lester Rodney dies at 98; Daily Worker sports editor fought segregation in major league baseball

2009-12-25 00:00:00

Lester Rodney, the sports editor and columnist for the American Communist Party newspaper the Daily Worker who crusaded to end segregation in major league baseball in the 1930s and '40s, has died. He was 98. Rodney died of age-related causes Sunday at...

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

George Halas, Ronald Reagan, Jack Brickhouse, and Leo Durocher

2012-04-20 18:08:00

A spring training game in March of 1967 between the Cubs and Cleveland Indians brought out, from left, Bears coach and owner George Halas, Cubs play-by-play man Jack Brickhouse, then California governor Ronald Reagan and Cubs manager Leo Durocher.

2008-02-09 21:55:26

Actress Laraine Day, Nov. 10 Laraine Day, the actress best remembered for her portrayal of Lew Ayres' fiancee in a series of 1940s Dr. Kildare movies, died on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, in Ivins , Utah. She was 87.

2007-11-12 00:00:00