Transgender athletes have been making headlines around the world in recent years. So more and more people are becoming aware of the struggles they face in the sports world. Gender identity is a complex topic. And it can be difficult for those outside of the transgender community to understand what it’s like for these individuals when it comes to competing on a level playing field with other athletes.
Why the Hall of Fame shouldn’t change Andre Dawson’s plaque.
Athletic scholarships can cover all or part of the tuition (full or partial scholarships) and even include a stipend, as being a student-athlete is often a full-time job with a rigorous schedule of studies, training, and competition.
While it’s true that some baseball players play in the Major Leagues until they are in their 40s, the time to appreciate what they bring to the game is now. Here are four players baseball fans should treasure before they retire.
With the MLB Draft only months away, it’s time to start prepping for one of the most exciting times in baseball. It’s an incredible season full of hope, anticipation, and opportunity.
Two pitching families ended up with eerily similar output for all their years in the majors. Gaylord Perry was at the head of the best of them.
Hank Aaron’s pennant-winning home run is largely forgotten.
One man’s choice for greatest moments in baseball history.
Moments we’d like to see as some of the Met all-time greatest players and fan favorites gather at Citi Field for the first Old Timers’ Game since 1994.
We pick the best baseball player born every year since 1861.
Where Miguel Cabrera fits in the group of 3,000-hit members.
These five players who failed to get into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2022, will be elected eventually.
We examine the Hall of Fame case of former outfielder Bobby Abreu
Lefty O’Doul, a former National League batting champion, once said of the Japanese: “They learn our national game with as much enthusiasm as any American, and they
In the history of baseball, since they began tossing a ball to a plate and someone with a stick was swinging at it, maybe no more than
This December, when a group of 16 baseball officials and historians meet for the Baseball Hall of Fame Special Eras Committee, you can expect that at least
A game-by-game history of the heated and often dramatic rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.
What became known as the “Black Sox Scandal” rocked professional baseball. But it wasn’t an aberration in a sport that was otherwise clean. Baseball became America’s national pastime because of – and not in spite of – gambling.
Eight pitchers have managed to win 100 games for TWO teams. All but two of them are in the Hall of Fame. All of them were great hurlers.
The 20 greatest players in the history of the Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Braves, and Boston Braves.
We honor the most accomplished man to ever throw a knuckleball.
It’s possible that no other position player has ever dominated a World Series to the extent Brooks Robinson did in 1970. That October, Robinson was dazzling in the field and at the plate as the Baltimore Orioles defeated Cincinnati in the Fall Classic.
Hall of Famer Joe Morgan, a two-time Most Valuable Player and the greatest second baseman in history, has died.
The 2020 season is the first time Major League Baseball has scheduled best-of-three playoff series. But it’s not the first time a three-game playoff has been used.
Cal Ripken Jr. rates as the best shortstop in baseball history according to our all-time rankings. He was a 19-time All-Star, two-time MVP, Rookie of the Year,
This is part of a series on the greatest players in the history of a franchise based on the advanced statistic called WAR (Wins Above Replacement). First
The sixth installment in a series that looks at the greatest players in franchise histories, based on Wins Above Replacement. 20. Jim Maloney Maybe only three or
What are the odds that George Springer will get thrown out trying to steal second base in the ninth inning with two outs tonight in Game Seven
Morganna Roberts was only 15 years old when she kissed her first baseball player, Pete Rose in Cincinnati in 1969. But over the next twenty-plus years, she
The 1994-95 strike was the longest labor stoppage in baseball history, the longest in sports history up to that time, and a black eye on the National