Baseball shows its balance (Lancaster Online) Some random observations on baseball’s postseason: This Space is always amused to hear that baseball has a problem with competitive balance.
Kaduk: Steroids still a hush NFL topic (Northwest Herald) Twenty months. That s about how long it s been since Sammy Sosa, Mark McGwire […]
Cooperstown visit hits a home run with youthful baseball fans Check out the star-spangled uniform worn by the Chicago White Sox in the 1917 World Series.
Baseball has more to teach us than sport When you’re 8-years-old, you don’t know why one story is better than another. You just know it is. Fifty years ago, I knew the […]
Advisers, coaches honored during Free State celebration Hot chocolate and brownies on Wednesday. Lunch for coaches Thursday. And today, a birthday party for Freddie the Firebird with a cupcake-eating contest.
Ingersoll-Rand profit falls short Ingersoll-Rand Co. Ltd. on Friday reported disappointing quarterly earnings as demand fell for equipment used in home building and landscaping, and warned […]
Ernie had city’s first, and finest, sports jointSeattle Times, United States - Oct 18, 2006… prices. His was a joint where everyone was welcomed, where sports talk hung in the air and sports memorabilia hung on the walls. …
Ahavath Torah Congregation to hold gala auctionStoughton Journal, MA - Oct 27, 2006Items will include weekend stays in luxury hotels, […]
Ball’s fishy fame a good thing Look at who’s planning the annual party benefiting the Pier Aquarium. It’s a quirky couple putting the “fun in fundraising. “
Phoenix Phoenix You’ve got 72 hours, it’s sunny, and you’re wearing shorts. Hit it.
Clark to sell memorabilia NEW YORK — Fifty years after his first […]
Baseball Notebook: Detroit plans to juggle its slumping bats Leyland will drop Polanco from third to seventh in an effort to jumpstart its offense when the series resumes.
World Series Game 2: Tigers 3, Cardinals 1 DETROIT The St. Louis Cardinals never figured out Kenny Rogers, not the smudge on his pitching hand, not the baseballs he was […]
Athletes lend a helping hand to students Learning how to calculate percentages in math class isn’t necessarily fun. But learning about percentages by figuring out Lew Ford’s batting average — while the Twins outfielder hits baseballs to you — can be a more enjoyable learning experience. That’s the philosophy behind a local nonprofit group called Athletes […]
Trek Sale Beams Up $7M The first auction of official Star Trek memorabilia in New York over the weekend far exceeded expectations, raising more than $7 million from more than 1,000 lots of props, costumes, models and miniatures, the Reuters news service reported.
Round & About Creator’s Canvas Cancer Research Foundation will be having its Business After Hours […]
Baseball players need to quit whining about Mother Nature and learn to ‘weather’ the storm (Calgary Sun) As a mulleted Leprechaun once sang while shaking his crooked Shillelagh: “October. And the trees are stripped bare of all they wear. What do I care?” No, seriously — what do I care?
NFL (Akron Beacon Journal) ODDS […]
Dick Clark plans auction of memorabilia Fifty years after his first appearance on the show that became known as “American Bandstand,” Dick Clark is ready to let go of the microphone.
Sports Briefs: NBA suspends Fortson Seattle SuperSonics forward Danny Fortson was suspended Friday for a game by the NBA for his flagrant foul on Ron Artest […]