UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Dawn Staley and the 1996 Olympic women’s basketball team paved the way for the WNBA and players such as Candace Parker, Elena Delle Donne and Chamique Holdsclaw. The team that started the Americans’ 30-year Olympic dominance will be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial ...
Once upon a time in America, baseball cards weren’t collectibles or “investments.” They were currency, the hard cash of a boy’s childhood. Before anyone ever carried a wallet, you could feel rich just by stuffing your pockets with cardboard. A pocket full of baseball cards was a ...
NEW YORK — Some lights atop Yankee Stadium briefly went dark a couple of times in the first inning in a game from earlier this week. A full-blown power outage might have been more fitting. Missing a trio of injured sluggers in the middle of their fizzling lineup, the New York Yankees were ...
I enjoyed Neil Rudel’s piece on Bill Coyle and couldn't agree more about how good a fellow he always seemed to be. His senior year was the beginning of a special time, four or five memorable seasons that included Stormin’ Norman Van Lier, Mugsy Lewis and the early days of Kevin Porter’s career. In the 1966-67 season, Coyle was the lone senior starter. The other starters were junior Len Murray and three sophomores — future NBA star Van Lier, Lewis (who finished second in the country in rebounding his senior year) and shooting guard John Penwell. I did not see Coyle play but ...
A trio of powerful pitching arms — including two-time Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal, Freddy Peralta and Mason Miller — highlight the intriguing candidates who could switch teams as Major League Baseball's trade deadline approaches. The deadline is Monday at 6 p.m. EDT. Skubal — a ...
CHICAGO — Bayou Barbie is back in Chicago. With her own Barbie, too. Angel Reese is playing in her third WNBA All-Star Game on Saturday at the United Center. This time, she is representing Atlanta in her first season with the Dream following a messy split with the Chicago Sky. "It's so ...
