There is a handful of athletes whose performance on and off transcend the sport that made them famous. Those who enjoyed the notoriety that comes with spending their entire career with a single team endear them to their fans much more so... Read More

The author has long been a media icon. His ability to entertain an audience with his easygoing, folksy style has helped maintain his popularity for decades. He is especially well liked by his “greatest generation” contemporaries,... Read More

For purveyors of college sports, athletic recruitment is like the weather: many complain, but few do anything about it. Scandals abound concerning young people (many of whom, based on their academic achievement, have no place in the... Read More

It was twenty years ago today (or pretty close to it) that Sparky Anderson taught the Detroit Tigers how to be winners. Unlike the Tigers of 2003, who resembled the 1962 Mets in terms of inefficiency, the 1984 team had one of the best... Read More

Like peanut butter and jelly or Abbott and Costello, Brooklyn and baseball belong together. The history of this seemingly symbiotic relationship began in the mid-nineteenth century, when a professional team made its home in Brooklyn in... Read More

A legendary Samurai was once challenged to a fight to the death by a brash ronin, or masterless Samurai. The elder man tried to dissuade the younger from persisting, saying that he had so much to live for, to no avail. The ronin,... Read More

One of the charming qualities about baseball is that a fan from a hundred years ago would easily recognize the modern game. Little has changed: there are still four bases, nine innings, and “three strikes, you’re out.” Ed Delahanty... Read More

The author was smart enough to realize early on that a career in sports is short and uncertain. Nevertheless, he happily contradicts that notion as he reminisces in this book about his sixty-five-year association with the national... Read More