Baseball and football share a common heritage, with ballparks hosting bowl games since the 1960s. This year sees five college bowls in MLB and MiLB venues.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Bill Leff discusses some of the great ...

You needn't be a historian to recognize the 1960s as America's game-changing decade in the second half of the 20th century. The civil rights movement, rock music, assassinations, Vietnam, the ...

When we said that Northeastern's 1964 American Legion baseball team left an impression, we weren't kidding. After reading last week's "Throwback Thursday" series article about the Legion ...

In honor of the dog days of summer, books about dogs, vacation and baseball are featured in this week’s Professor Parsons’ Picks silent auction, sponsored by the Friends of A.K. Smiley Public Library.

GASTONIA – As Dixie Youth, Junior Tar Heel and Little League baseball regional and state tournament play begins in our area, each team will hoping to create memories that last a lifetime. But one ...

Dave Morehead, who pitched for the Boston Red Sox from 1963-68 and the Kansas City Royals from 1969-70, passed away on Nov. 23. He was 82. Born in San Diego on Sept. 5, 1943, Morehead signed with the ...

Following his May 23 one-hitter against Pittsburgh, Koufax ranked third in the National League with 43 strikeouts. As he said after the game: I don't try for strikeouts. If I'm in trouble, I'll try to ...

Apr. 5—From the 1920s to the 1960s, baseball was divided. Jackie Robinson may have broken the color barrier in 1947, but it took a long time before Major League Baseball was a welcome place for anyone ...