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Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist LOS ANGELES - Reggie Jackson - Mr. October - has a tough call. 2024 World Series (Best-of-7; all 8:08 EDT on Fox) Friday: Yankees at LA [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist NEW YORK - Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden are living legends in New York. They won a World Series in 1986, broke numerous records, had their [...]

Byline: JIMMY GOLEN; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON -- Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen is enjoying his odd slice of baseball history as he prepares to become the first major [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Aug. 10Every time Isiah Kiner-Falefa visited PNC Park, he would make a point to look up at Ralph Kiner's retired No. 4 or visit the bronze bust [...]

Byline: SIMON HOUPT; Staff WEEKENDS WITH ... It's been more than 30 years since Joe Carter galumphed triumphantly around the bases, touching 'em all after clobbering that ball over the [...]

Byline: RACHEL BRADY; Staff WEEKENDS WITH ... The Toronto Blue Jays are in the basement of the American League East, but catcher Danny Jansen has provided some bright moments - [...]

Byline: Bill Hartlep May 11Jocelyn Snyder School: Apollo-Ridge Class: Sophomore Sport: Softball Report card: Apollo-Ridge sophomore Jocelyn Snyder tossed a no-hitter with 11 strikeouts and also was 2 for 4 [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Apr. 21Oneil Cruz not only leads the major leagues in strikeouts but has more than twice as many than he does hits. The Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop, who [...]

Byline: Bill Hartlep Apr. 13Jillian Haigh School: Fox Chapel Class: Freshman Sport: Softball Report card: Fox Chapel freshman Jillian Haigh helped the Foxes (3-3, 2-1) to a pair of wins [...]

Byline: Bill Hartlep Mar. 30Maddie Kee Class: Senior School: Deer Lakes Sport: Softball Report card: Deer Lakes senior Maddie Kee was 3 for 4 with five RBIs and earned the [...]

Byline: RACHEL BRADY; Staff WEEKENDS WITH ... Jordan Romano has begun the Toronto Blue Jays season on the injured list because of inflammation in his elbow. So fans will have [...]

Byline: Herb Scribner Toronto Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. still plays video games. It was a big hobby for him when he was a kid, and when he was [...]

Byline: Annika Dyczkowski '25 By Annika Dyczkowski '25 Sports Editor In anticipation for their double header and inclusion game this weekend against Colby College, the Tripod had the opportunity to [...]

Byline: Isaac Sullivan By Isaac Sullivan Feb. 5, 2024, 11:02 p.m. Stanford baseball is coming off a season where it finished top 10 in the national rankings and made its [...]

Her sudden sprint to celebrity started on a small mound of dirt in South Williamsport, Pa., 46 feet from home plate, winging 71 mile-per-hour fastballs and sweeping curveballs, braids bouncing [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY Katelyn Pavey, born with one arm and raised by parents who lived in shame because of their adulterous affair, rose to become a high school [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes Even two years ago, the idea of Kumar Nambiar becoming one of the first minor league union representatives in the sport's history seemed almost unimaginable. And the [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes Even two years ago, the idea of Kumar Nambiar becoming one of the first minor league union representatives in the sport's history seemed almost unimaginable. And the [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAY This is the place where he stood on the mound, so nervous that he could actually feel his legs shaking, wanting to dig a [...]

Byline: Bill Hartlep May 13Rayla Smith Class: Junior School: Plum Sport: Lacrosse Report card: Midfielder Rayla Smith scored seven goals and added an assist Monday in an 18-10 victory over [...]

Byline: Barry Svrluga Almost two decades ago, when Chad Kuhl entered middle school in Middletown, Del., his eye immediately fell on a new classmate. 'I spotted a blond girl, blue [...]

Byline: Bill Hartlep Apr. 29Katie Armstrong Class: Senior School: Burrell Sport: Softball Report card: Burrell senior pitcher Katie Armstrong struck out 30 batters in two victories this week to help [...]

Byline: Bill Hartlep Apr. 22Kadi Bauer Class: Senior School: Burrell Sport: Track and field Report card: Distance running Bauer set a school record in the 1,600-meter run (5 minutes, 20.34 [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Evan Longoria is showing he can still play. Longoria planned to retire this past offseason unless Arizona or the Tampa Bay Rays [...]

Byline: Bill Hartlep Apr. 15Sydney Selker Class: Junior School: Freeport Sport: Softball Report card: Selker played a key role in two victories this week. She hit a walk-off RBI double [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAY PHOENIX - Those lost passports are now safely secured in a brightly colored folder in their home. There will be not be another postponed [...]

Byline: Bill Hartlep Apr. 8Reese Skiba Class: Senior School: Freeport Sport: Track and field Report card: Freeport's Reese Skiba won a pair of events Thursday at the Butler County Track [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Apr. 6Andrew McCutchen leaned back into his chair and imagined hearing No. 22 and his name announced while wearing black and gold again before his first at-bat [...]

Byline: Chris Adamski Apr. 5What's longer: 6,585 miles, or 2,749 days? For Plum's Scott McGough, it took (repeatedly) traveling the former to take a meandering route in figuratively navigating the [...]

Byline: Sydney Page During his first baseball practice with Pennsylvania's Montgomery County Community College Mustangs, Jim Fullan struck out on three pitches. He nearly quit the team. 'What did I [...]

Byline: Bill Hartlep Apr. 1Hannah Hill Class: Freshman School: Kiski Area Sport: Softball Report card: Kiski Area's softball team is off to a 3-0 start, and second baseman Hannah Hill [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY Roger Clemens was recently sitting around with Hall of Famer Greg Maddux, talking about the state of today's pitching in the game, when he asked [...]

Byline: Scooby Axson, USA TODAY When most athletes are asked about their legacy, whether they are famous or infamous for their play on or off the field, their responses are [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAY MESA, Ariz. - It is 76 degrees outside Wednesday afternoon, there's not a cloud in the sky, fans are wearing shorts and T-shirts, and [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Mar. 8For Nick Gonzales and Liover Peguero, spending spring training with the Pittsburgh Pirates showed how close they are to making the major leagues and how far [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman, growing up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, always dreamed of being a big-league ballplayer. Check. He wanted to be a [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY OAKLAND, Calif. - Mark McGwire, who will turn 59 in three weeks, with 12-year-old triplets at home and two arthritic thumbs that keep him from [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, Columnist, USA TODAY We sat on the veranda at Otesaga Resort Hotel in Cooperstown, New York, last month, talking about the state of the game to religion [...]

Byline: Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY Any time a player comes into a new market and fails to live up to expectations it can be mentally and emotionally taxing. And now [...]