No Chew For You, Athletes In Boston (If The Mayor Gets His Way)
A proposed ordinance would ban the use of smokeless tobacco at sports facilities across the city. If approved it would cover everything from Little League fields to games at Fenway Park.
View ArticleRoot, Root, Root For Uganda In Tonight's Little League World Series
It beat the Dominican Republic but lost to Venezuela. At 6 p.m. it faces off against Taiwan — and needs a victory to stay in the series. But no matter what happens, the team from Uganda is a winner.
View ArticleThe Secret To Japan's Little League Success: 10-Hour Practices
A Japanese team has again reached the final four of the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. Its training involves strict discipline, relentless drilling and group responsibility.
View ArticleBaseball Legend Yogi Berra Dies At 90
The Hall of Fame catcher known as much for his quotable malapropisms as for his career alongside fellow Yankees legends Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle died Tuesday at home in New Jersey.
View ArticleBaseball's Arms Race: The Price Of All Those Fast Pitches
Too many pitchers are throwing too hard for the human body to bear, commentator Frank Deford says. What makes these injuries unique is that the players are doing it to themselves.
View ArticleMLB Commissioner To Decide Whether To Reinstate Pete Rose
One of Major League Baseball's greatest players has been banned since 1989 for gambling on the game. But sports leagues' traditionally hard attitudes toward sports gambling seem to be softening.
View ArticleAs Venezuelan Crisis Deepens, U.S. Baseball Teams Close Academies
Venezuela is a key supplier of baseball talent to the U.S. major leagues. Players come up through baseball academies run by the teams. But now, many academies are being shut down.
View ArticleMLB Hopes New Openness Will Ease Players' Path From Cuba To The Majors
The league's plan, which needs approval from the players' union and both governments, would allow direct pickups of Cuban players — no defections — in exchange for cash support for the sport there.
View ArticleChanges In Safety And Diplomacy Are On Deck For Baseball's Opening Day
New technology, new safety measures, and a new relationship with Cuba are what reporter Jesse Sanchez says will be the big stories in baseball this year.
View ArticleThe 'Larger Than Life' Legend Of The Ballpark Beer Guy
Clarence "Fancy Clancy" Haskett has been selling beer and snacks at Baltimore Orioles games for so long, he's made vending an art form. "My mindset is I'm a professional athlete," he says.
View ArticleA Beetle May Soon Strike Out Baseball's Famous Ash Bats
Rawlings baseball bats have a big place in sports history. But now the ash trees used to make those iconic bats are threatened by an invasive beetle that's spreading in forests across the Northeast.
View ArticleFear Not, White Sox Fans: You'll Get Used To 'Guaranteed' Field
The Chicago White Sox announced this week that their 25-year-old ballpark, U.S. Cellular Field, would be renamed Guaranteed Rate Field. Scott Simon ponders where such a name might lead.
View Article101-Year-Old Chicago Cubs Fan Hopes Beloved Team Grants Her Birthday Wish
Centenarian Virginia Wood has a birthday wish — a World Series title for her Chicago team. But they'll have to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers before they compete for the top prize.
View Article2016 World Series Brought Welcome Levity To Weary Cities
Chicago and Cleveland are both cities with real problems. But while their baseball teams played out the World Series, Indians fans and Cubs fans connected and commiserated with each other.
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