Milestone with a purpose
Jim Thome, a baseball gentleman of the first order, solidified his stature as one of the game's signature sluggers Sunday when he walloped the 500th home run of his distinguished...
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Like old times … for Angels
The 2005 season and all its glory seemed once again like an awfully distant memory Saturday night at U.S. Cellular Field. It was 23 months ago that the White Sox...
White Sox can’t help Garland out
The 2005 season and all its glory seemed once again like an awfully distant memory Saturday night at U.S. Cellular Field. It was 23 months ago that the White Sox...
Legacy to stand on?
Mike Downey: Hall for stars, not saints Barry Bonds is a man accused by many, proven guilty by no one. Arrested by no one. Suspended by no one. In baseball's...
Baseball’s All-Star get-together laps field
Who won the Pro Bowl? How about the NBA All-Star Game? The NHL All-Star Game? Know? Care? Do they have an NHL All-Star Game? Who plays? Baseball is not without...
Baseball’s All-Star get-together laps field
Who won the Pro Bowl? How about the NBA All-Star Game? The NHL All-Star game? Know? Care? Do they have an NHL All-Star Game? Who plays? Baseball is not without...
Still bonding with Bonds
Let's say Bud Selig has succeeded in restoring some of the "meaning" to baseball's All-Star Game by dangling home-field advantage for the World Series in front of the winning team....
A major-league biography of a baseball icon
Opening Day: The Story of Jackie Robinson's First Season By Jonathan Eig Simon & Schuster, 323 pages, $26 Ten years ago, Major League Baseball recognized the 50-year anniversary of Jackie...
TAKE 2
The Bulls are playing their best basketball of the season as they steam toward the playoffs, but they have abandoned the United Center on back-to-back weekends so the college kids...
Oh, brother! Eli pulls sneak
In one of Peyton Manning's most popular TV spots, he's joined by younger brother Eli and their parents on a tour of ESPN's studios. Brothers being brothers, they spend most...