Second basemen are an important part of a baseball team’s defense. The job description requires them to be nimble and quick in the field, with a good arm, range to pick up ground balls, and adept at ...

Larry Bird’s journey from a small-town kid in French Lick, Indiana, to an NBA icon is nothing short of amazing. Before ...

For some, it’s sheer size. For others, it’s what they could do with a baseball. They were the pitchers that batters most feared to face. Old-timers with great names dot the single-season strikeout ...

These high schools lead the way with alumni playing on Sundays. High school football has become more than local news. Networks like ESPN and Fox Sports devote time and money to produce high school ...

These charming minor league parks offer major league fan experiences that go far beyond the action on the field. Any diehard baseball fan will attest that there’s no experience quite like an afternoon ...

For our money, the NHL has the best uniforms in pro sports. OK. There. We said it. Let’s start with stability, kids. From top to bottom, the basic hockey look has changed very little since helmets ...

Metrics have reset the bar for Cooperstown, and a few of those who fall short may surprise you. Remember when baseball was a simple game? Yeah, me, too. Then metrics reared its decimal point and ...

Hockey is not a regional sport. That’s an unfair label slapped on the sport in the United States. Hockey is more than, say, Minnesota’s sport. More than Canada’s sport. Case in point, the Vegas Golden ...

These underdogs were overlooked, counted out or disregarded — and they still made us believe. Sports wouldn’t be as fun without underdogs. The stories and journeys of the overlooked, counted out or ...

Nearly one of every four NFL games are tighter than lockjaw in the final minutes. Many of those are decided by a placekicker who had lugged his helmet around the sideline for all except a few seconds, ...

Owning a pro sports franchise doesn’t make you a good person. The most powerful men and women in sports aren’t the ones you see on the field of play. Look up in the owner’s box — that’s where the true ...

These players have the best names in NFL history. There have been more than 25,000 players in NFL history. That’s more than 25,000 name combinations. Some have been simple names while others have been ...