May 27, 2020 | Basketball, NBA, News
Few athletes are truly unique, changing the way their sport is played with their singular skills. Earvin “Magic” Johnson was one of them. Just how great a basketball player was Johnson? So great, perhaps, that future generations of hoop fans may wish they...
May 27, 2020 | Baseball, MLB, News
By the mid-’60’s the Los Angeles Dodgers had replaced the perennial champion New York Yankees as baseball’s premiere dynasty after winning the World Series for the second time in three years. After holding the “Bronx Bombers” to four...
May 27, 2020 | Baseball, MLB, News
Fate: “The supposed force, principle, or power that predetermines events.” Some people believe in it, some do not, though no one can be certain of its existence. But Fred Clarke was a believer in fate. In an interview with a reporter from the New York Herald in 1911,...
May 27, 2020 | News, The Sports Page
NHL moves ahead with 24-team playoff format if play resumes The NHL will abandon the rest of the regular season and go straight into the playoffs with 24 teams instead of 16 if it is able to resume play. The decision, announced Tuedsay by Commissioner...
May 26, 2020 | Baseball, MLB, News
Harvey Haddix was a pretty good pitcher. He was second in the Rookie of the Year voting in 1953, was a three-time All-Star, and won three Gold Glove awards. He won 136 games over the course of 14 seasons spent with the Cardinals, Phillies, Reds, Pirates and Orioles....
