Willie Mays

Dennis Hopper's carnival ride through life

2013-03-14 14:30:00

"I was a beatnik, and then I was a hippie, and before that I was a bohemian," a sky-high Dennis Hopper confided to Merv Griffin on television one night in 1971, in a clip you can see on YouTube. On the opposite couch, Willie Mays uncomfortably refilled...

Mickey Mantle play in the works from pop music author David Leaf

2013-03-01 13:53:00

It looks like “batter up!” again on the theatrical boards: Mickey Mantle is the subject of a new play that writer-producer David Leaf is working on with the cooperation of Danny and David Mantle, sons of the incredibly talented but careless...

A-Rod and Derek Jeter will provide some of AL's best story lines

2013-02-11 10:33:00

With spring training starting this week, it's time to look at some of the most intriguing story lines across Major League Baseball. Writers from the Tribune Co. will discuss the American League on Monday and the National League on Tuesday. Feel free to...

Many Hall of Famers seem glad Clemens, Bonds were snubbed

2013-01-10 12:00:00

Al Kaline, Dennis Eckersley and Mike Schmidt have a few things in common. One, they are all members of baseball's Hall of Fame. Two, they are all glad no one was elected to join them this year. “I’m kind of glad that nobody got in this year,...

Marine injured in Afghanistan throws first pitch at World Series

2012-10-26 10:33:17

In excitement over Giants' World Series sweep, mistakes happen

2012-10-29 13:53:08

Vin Scully, pitch perfect for the Dodgers

2012-07-11 00:00:00

Oh, that voice! It comes out of the TV, it comes out of the radio, it comes out of the man sitting across from me in the cafe behind the press box at Dodger Stadium. Courtly and indefatigable, Vin Scully has been calling Dodger games since Harry Truman...

LeRoy Neiman dies at 91; artist depicted sports in bold strokes

2012-06-20 21:55:00

LeRoy Neiman, a wildly successful American artist who was famous for his colorful portraits of athletes in motion and who became an artistic fixture at such major sporting events as the Olympics and the Super Bowl, has died. He was 91. Neiman, who was...

Book Review: 'Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias'

2011-07-10 00:00:00

Wonder Girl The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias Don Van Natta Jr. Little, Brown: 404 pp., $27.99 So do you know who made the Top 10 when ESPN chose its 50 Greatest Athletes of the 20th Century? Here they are: (1) Michael Jordan....

Barry Larkin chosen to baseball Hall of Fame

2012-01-09 16:55:00

Bill Gross apologizes to Pimco fund owners for 'bad year'

2011-10-14 21:34:56

Did Topps turn down a deal on Maury Wills because he was such a bad prospect?

2011-10-26 16:33:26

Hall of Famer Willie Mays is 79 today. (Photo by Dave Martin/Getty Images)

2013-03-15 17:49:00

Giants Hall of Famer Willie Mays and Game 1 winning pitcher Barry Zito walk to the mound to help with the ceremonial first pitch before Game 2 of the World Series on Thursday evening.

2012-10-25 00:00:00

The RailCats have been in business since 2002, and since Greg Tagert was hired as manager in 2005, they boast the best record of Chicagoland's five minor league teams.

2011-07-23 00:00:00

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