Billy Sharp: My baby boy’s death drives me on to reach 300 goals
Unlike strikers who keep their personal targets secret, Billy Sharp is open about having a triple century in his sights and ...
Philadelphia Tribune2d
Necessity was the mother of invention for Fowler
Racial discrimination was ever present when John “Bud” Fowler made his mark on professional baseball in the 19th century.
WVTM 133d
Born in Alabama: Willie Mays, one of the most successful MLB players in history
Willie Mays, "The Say Hey Kid," started his career with the Birmingham Black Barons at Rickwood Field in 1948.
Baseball’s brightest minds revere a reclusive engineer. No one else knows who he is
Paul Nyman's teachings are all over baseball today. But the man is absent. “He gave up,” Kyle Boddy said, “at precisely the ...
Dothan Eagle5d
Remembering Babe Ruth on his 130th birthday
Babe and your scribe met at City School in the appropriately-named biography, “Babe Ruth,” one in a series decked out in ...
World Series champion Rich Dauer dead at 72
The late Astros first base coach underwent emergency brain surgery in 2017 and courageously took the mound for the ceremonial first pitch on Opening Day of the 2018 season.